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July 26, 2007
vacation
Todd, Audrey and I left last Friday to spend a week with aunts, uncles, cousins and second cousins 600 miles away on the shore of Woman Lake in northern Minnesota, where my family has been vacationing for almost 40 years.
All packed and ready to go
We split the ride up into two and spent Friday night in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Audrey's first night's stay away from home just happened to coincide with some major teething - she has FOUR new teeth coming in on the top. She had a fever and cried all night, not sleeping or letting her parents sleep until 9am. We seriously considered heading back home but continued north.
This yawn sums up how we all felt Friday night and all day Saturday after so little sleep
Resting at a stop in Minnesota - that state really has a thing for Paul Bunyan
We finally hit the beach! Audrey thought being in the water was the greatest thing ever
Audrey would have been happy floating out to the middle of the lake by herself in this floaty
Audrey has a moment with her uncle Kurt
Sunset outside our cabin back door
Todd getting ready to be pulled by the boat on the "Super Mable" with Michelle and Jenna
Our home away from home, cabin #14
Gathering the kids for a picture when everyone is happy is hard to do. All of the girls loved playing with Audrey. Mackenzie thought that maybe they had "given her too much love".
We cut our vacation short because I caught a bad cold and was fighting a fever; Audrey was not sleeping well, was covered in heat rash and had her own runny nose and cough. We thought we better leave while Todd was still healthy to drive us. While we didn't get to see the turtle races or spend enough time at the beach or with the family, Todd was the champion of the two game nights we were there for, winning Apples to Apples and 80's Trivial Pursuit with Erika as his partner.
The family before leaving to head back home
Audrey with her only souvenir from vacation - a paper cup from the Best Western we stayed at on the way home
Posted by jill at July 26, 2007 11:13 PM