Week at a Cottage

The Roberts' came to visit us at the cottage we rented this past week. The girls had a great time swimming and playing together.

Piper on the paddle boat

The girls played in the water a lot but they also liked climbing onto the top bunk of the queen size bunkbed to play

Ceci and I took the paddle boat into the middle of the lake and the 4 girls jumped off and swam around - Raleigh and Ellie wanted to swim back to the cottage all by themselves - we made them get back on the boat until we could get closer and then let them swim back. They would still be swimming...

The guys took the girls on kayak rides

This was right before Ceci "helped" Mallory into the lake

This would be even better if they were not in 6 inches of water

and Grey took a nap...

We also got to go on the pontoon boat - the kids loved it. Greyson does not love his life jacket (wonder why) and the girls loved helping James drive the boat. We are glad Ceci and Dave spent their anniversary with us at the cottage!!

According to Sydney...

Row, Row, Row your boat
Gently down the stream
Mallory
Mallory
Mallory
Mallory
Life's about a dream...

The Haps at Gma's

Multi-color chair and a half that mom did for Ceci's friend Amy Jo.

Ellie and Raleigh working on their sashes for Missy's big day.

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Ceci, Dave and the girls stopped over the other night "just for a few minutes" shortly after Jackie

and I took down the Christmas plates that have apparently been embarrasing our children for the last 12 years (and I only found this out yesterday).

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They (everybody but Pipes) ended up working like dogs for over 3 hours stripping wallpaper. Ellie and Mallory never let up for a minute. As long as they had a bottle to spray gallons of water on the paper (or on other people if you're Dave), their own scraper, and we looked at their work to compliment them every 47 seconds, they were the destructo monsters of fine home decorating. Thanks again guys!