good morning sunshine!

lake love!

in addition to cabin love and fireworks love, we enjoyed the lake - BIG time!  we were so lucky to spend time on the willis fam's boat during the week.  maddy LOVED being lulled to sleep and jack couldn't stop smiling at the big waves and fast boat.  we played at the cove - with warmer water and a less crowded beach - then trekked back to the beach or cabin.  it was a blast!!

 at the cove, where the water temperatures were only a few degrees higher, but the water was SO much warmer!

 we got ice cream on the 4th!

 in the middle of a morning run, we stopped to enjoy the serene lake and mountain air:

hanging in the hallway

first camping trip

we took our first and last?!? camping trip of the summer over father's day weekend.  we had a nice night, but our little lady made it a little too difficult to stay both nights.  i'm pretty sure we'll try again - but this time, we'll bring all the baby equipment!  not having the swing was a HUGE mistake.  little miss maddy didn't sleep all day, and would only sleep while nursing at night.  that made for a super tired (and sore!) mommy and a very long day for the whole family.  we packed up saturday after some beach time and headed home.

some pics of our adventure:

maddy's first trip to marine world

taking two kids to marine world was so easy and fun!  we had a blast at our favorite summer-day hangout: