Up North

We had a wonderful week at the cabin in northern Minnesota! Asher was the world’s best traveler!!! Poor kiddo, he was stuck in his carseat ALL day (both days) but he was great and slept most of the 13+ hours (one way)! Chris was our road warrior and did all the driving (thanks babe)! It is always such a long drive (and even longer with a baby)! But it is ALWAYS so worth it. Here are pictures from our week at the lake…

Sisters… sisters… there were never such devoted sisters (+kiddos)

Mom, Dad, and all the grandkids. This was a really impromptu picture because we only had one day of overlap with all the kids. We were able to catch the picture right before Benjamin went to sleep! Phew!

We’ve been swinging on the rope swing since my sisters and I were kids. It’s a favorite spot at the cabin!

Jasper LOVES his cousins Linnea and Karin. Erica and her boys arrived late at night so when Jasper saw his cousins in the morning he just kept hugging them. I heard his say, “It’s so nice to see you Karin!” as he hugged her. TOO Cute!

Papa and Jasper down by the spring… Jasper came up to the cabin soaking wet (on a pretty cool day). Mom asked him if Papa took him in the lake and Jasper replied, “No I went in the lake by myself.” We all decided Papa was fired as being the babysitter! :)

Belle (the Shively’s dog) and Daisy are GOOD buddies. They spent lots of time looking out the screen windows on the porch.

Asher and Benjamin getting a little bit of face time. Asher was SO little in Michigan that I don’t know if he and Benjamin even really noticed each other the first time they “met”… the next time will likely be at Christmas when Asher will be about 7 months old and Benjamin will be 1!! I’m sure they’ll have lots of fun then!

All the boys!

My FAVORITE spot at the cabin, on the porch overlooking the lake. The weather was unseasonably cool most of the week so we didn’t spend too much time in the water, but it was sure beautiful to look at!

We’ve decided Brittany is the baby whisperer – she can calm any baby and put them to sleep in no time. We were only with Erica and her boys one day and unfortunately we didn’t get any pics of Erica with Asher. :(

Karin and Benjamin snuggling up with Auntie. :)

A family photo with Lake Pokegama in the background!

Adam was giving Chris a goofy pose as he was building the campfire for our final night. We roasted marshmallows and sang camp songs… SO much fun!

Both our babies asleep on the couch…

Chris took some AMAZING nature pictures. I’ve only been trying to get this blog post up for three days now so I’ll save those for another entry… :)