Northern Minnesota 2009

Here's our Vacation in rewind.......

We decided to go up north to Bear Paw Resort, this is our third time there....it's a great retreat for the kids....they constantly play in the beach and water....it doesn't take much to entertain them!!

We were up there for a week with Generations #1, #2, and #3 of friends.

Then we broke up our drive home by stopping at the Mall of America and checking out Lego Land and Nickelodeon friends.........

C-man's 2ND favorite part of the vacation: Lego land! The kids filled up a bucket each of new Lego's to bring home to their collection.
C-man meets Sponge Bob and Patrick! We just participated in the meet and greets, we didn't go on any rides.

Miss-O love Dora the Explorer and loved meeting her.....she was a wee bit shy, as you can see.....but afterwards she was really excited!

The last day at the lake, the kids played until they could play no more. Swimming was Miss-O's favorite part of vacation when we asked her.

C-man and Little Bear getting their lake fix......this was number 1 favorite part of vacation for C-man.

Adoring the Lake.......

Roberts' (Generations 1,2,3) that made it to the lake.

Sunset on Lake Washburn

Tim made us a fire and C-man's wish came true.....SMORE'S! and ghost stories....

Paul's first day on the lake and he caught a nice sized Northern, two bass, and a rock bass. He was definitely in his glory, as he got up early each day to hit the lake and land some fish. This was his favorite part of vacation.

Thursday, we made our annual golf-outing at Pirate's Cove. Dad won and C-man came in 2ND.....Miss-O, played about 5 holes and her technique was the best, she walked up to the hole and put her ball into it.....she had quite a bit of hole-in-one's.

Daddy and Miss-O fishing.....she caught a cute little fish just like her.

Wednesday morning, I woke up early with Paul and we set out to his fishin' hole. I caught 8 fish, but they were all about this size that I'm holding......on the other hand, Paul caught 5 fish and 2 keepers.

Tuesday evening we took a boat ride out to check out the turtles, retrieve water toys and enjoy the sunset.

Lovin' the boat ride while Daddy drives the boat around.

Tuesday after our dollar burger night out to eat, we stopped for ice-cream......here are the kids window-shopping.

This is the cabin that we stayed at for the week......."Beaver House." I was glad that mosquitoes were not roaming inside, but the ants were.....oh well, I can co-habitate with ants.

Pat works with C-man in his back floating......good work my little man....you'll be set for swimming lessons next month!

My favorite picture of them all.....C-man, Miss-O, and Little bear.....playing on the beach.

Meet Zach, a dragonfly that C-man adopted for the evening. Other things he saw was a frog, a toad, garter snake, the life cycle of the dragonfly in action......he was in bug and reptile heaven!

The three girls are enjoying the pontoon ride.......all three would raise their arms up and say "wheeeee!"

Pat, Gabe, and C-man driving the Pontoon. Ahoy Skipper!

Loving the water.....little beach babe.

It was fun to watch Marin get comfortable with the water each day, by the end of the week, she was jumping into the water for Daddy to catch her.

Floating in the lake.