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These are my absolute FAVORITE pictures of our trip.

A Week in the Adirondacks. Part Six.

Fourth of July was a very bittersweet day for us. It was wonderful because we added another family member by way of a marriage proposal (Nick & Justine we love you!) and had a fun day with family. But it was sad becuase it was our last day in Indian Lake, and none of us wanted to leave in the morning.
The town of Indian Lake had a fishing derby in the morning, and the boys participated. Even though they didn't catch anything, they had a really good time hanging out with their cousins and aunts. And they even won brand new fishing poles from the raffle!
Here's Sophia and one of her new favorite people, "An Day-bee".

Fishing Derby time!

Hubby's niece Jennie and Sophia were inseperable most of the day ;)

Jonah in the casting contest.

For lunch we had hamburgers and hotdogs. Sophia decided that she wanted the bun from the hamburger, and just the hot dog. She'd take a bite out of the bun, wash it down with some diet root beer, and then take a bite out of the weenie. It was pretty funny. (And yes, it was just a bit windy.)

After the derby we hung out with all of the family, had some delicious food for dinner, watched fireworks, and had a fire. It was a great way to spend our last night in New York. We can't wait to go back again!

A Week in the Adirondacks. Part Five.

Kayaking on Lake Abanakee.

Part of an animal skull the kids found on their hike with Nick (hubby's nephew).

Nick and Justine (Nick's fiancee as of the 4th of July-yay!) brought their ferrets along with them when they came for the weekend. The kids L-O-V-E-D them! Sophia called them 'carrots' and wanted to hold them, until they actually came near her, then she'd squeal and back away.

Eventually, though, she warmed up to them enough to smother them in kisses. The boys even slept with them the first night. (yuck!)

A Week in the Adirondacks. Part Two.

On Sunday, we headed up to Indian Lake, to spend the rest of our vacation with hubby's sister Debby and brother-in-law Mike. We had so much fun with them. The boys thoroughly enjoyed throwing their watermelon rinds over the bank behind the house so the bears could eat them (we didn't see any in person, thank God!). They loved roaming the woods by the house in search of the perfect marshmallow and weenie roasting sticks.
We did alot of swimming on the lake and in the river. (And when I say "we", I mean the kids and Debby. It was WAY too cold for me!)

Mike, Jonah and hubby skipping rocks across the river.

Sophia loved the water in the river until she fell over in it. She wasn't much of a fan after that.

We had a fire almost every night and we roasted weenies and made countless S'mores. Even Sophia got in on the action!

Trip Highlights

We left Friday afternoon for a summer visit to see family up in the Adirondacks in upstate New York. We made the trip in about 16 hours...not nearly as long as I'd feared. Here are a few highlights (and low points) from the last few days.

• Jonah's impromptu, side-of-the-road potty break where he "peed on a spider's web!"(higlight for him, low point for me)
  
• Watching an awesome light show of heat lightning in Virginia. (highlight)
  
• Dealing with torrential down pours after the light show in Virginia. (low point)
  
• Realizing at our second gas stop that I had lost one of my flip flops at the previous gas stop. (Major low point for me, highlight for everyone else)
  
• Meeting lots of distant relatives at Grampa Corky's 80th Birthday Bash. (Little of both ;) )
  
• Staring in awe that a bunch of geriatrics didn't break their hips while they were 2-steppin' the day away. (Total highlight!)
  
• Taking the kids fishing in the lake. They have the Rocket Rods so they don't have to cast, but my son (guess which one) decided that he needed to cast anyway. This resulted in almost getting my eye taken out with a big plastic bobber and a nasty, still-wriggling worm on a hook. (highlight on the fishing, low point on the bobber to the head)
  
• Having a slithering snake cross my path on the way back to the house. (LOW POINT!!)
  
• Watching my 2 year old daughter roast weenies over the campfire. (highlight)
  
• Playing washers with my hubby, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law. (highlight)
• Getting a hole in one when we played mini-golf in Lake George! (highlight!)

We're up here until the 5th, when sadly we'll have to head back home. But I'll have LOTS of pictures to share when we get back!

And in case I don't get a chance to blog again before we're home, I want to wish everyone a happy 4th of July!