Canada
We took our entire family to Canada for 5 days for the first time. Ella had been up twice before, as well as Ty. Cort had been up once before when he was 1 year old. This was the first trip for Tripp. They did great on the drive up as well as the drive home.
The kids had a great time while we were there! The weather was perfect! The only rain we had was the morning we left. We were up there with Grandpa Elzinga, as well as Peter's sisters' family. Barb, Eric, Heidi, Bradley (Heidi's boyfriend) and Henry. They brought their dogs too; Luna, Harper and Titan. They were great dogs!! We went swimming every day and took some boat rides. The boys went on the quads with Peter and Bradley and Aunt Barb. We did some fishing and Tripp and Henry caught us fish for dinner.
Here are some pictures!
On the way in to camp, we stopped at the huge Adirondack chair, and the little Adirondack chair.
Cabin 4 has 4 bunks and a king size bed. Perfect for all of us!
A beautiful day to enjoy nature!
Usually at home, all the boys get up at the same time. But at camp, Tripp just kept sleeping after everyone else was up!
Grumpy??
Nope, just kidding!
Heidi brought her dog Harper, and her life jacket. She is a great dog! I can see Ella getting a dog like Harper when Ella gets older!
Quad rides! This one was with Peter and Bradley.
Kayak rides! This is Barb with Tripp and Heidi with Cort (I think)
Ty
Ella got up on the paddle board with supervision. Barb is swimming in the background!
Elzinga boys
Searching for frogs.
Tripp caught his first fish! We used minnows as bait, and every time he reeled his line in and saw the minnow, he got excited and said he caught a fish!! It was hilarious! Then he caught this nice one and wasn't interested in getting too close. He wouldn't take his eyes off that fish for this picture,
then he ran away...
then he ran away...
and fell asleep.
Ella had nice sling shot form!
Who knew that Bradley could braid hair!
An afternoon boat trip around the lake.
Swimming at the neighbors cabin with shallow water for the kids and dogs!
And Tripp fell asleep again. Don't worry, he does not have a bruise above his eye. It was dirt.
Not much wildlife this trip. There was a family of loons on the lake. A few snakes, one of which met me at the outhouse late at night. A bunch of frogs and tadpoles. A couple beavers swimming in the lake. And one very large mama spider. Very Large...
A loon
One of the snakes
So much fresh air and nature that Tripp fell asleep again! That must be a comfy chair. I think Grandpa Elzinga might have fallen asleep in it as well.
Grandpa Elzinga reading the camp journal
The ladies.
Peter and I
Camp hair, don't care.
