Labor Day Weekend

Well, to start off, I'm calling this a super-catch-up post. I have wanted to post for about 2 weeks now & have not had the time, so I hope you enjoy ALL the pictures!!

As has become our tradition, we spent Labor Day weekend in the mountains with my parents. In the past we've always camped but decided this year to rent a cabin in Cuchara. It was wonderful & a much needed break from the Texas heat. The guys & kids went fishing-Macy caught the most fish (which we ate for supper, thank you Macy) & Jack caught his very 1st fish. Both kids were pros at reeling them in...I think their daddy has some fishing buddies in the years to come. My mom, Lily, & I mostly stayed around the cabin & read & relaxed.

The pictures are in a totally random order, but, ah, well!

Check out the face on this guy (Jack, not the fish)...

Macy with her fish...both kids had great fun playing with them while we loaded, Jack especially loved to poke their eyes (don't ask me-he's been facinated with eyes lately! In fact, you don't want to fall asleep with him around or he'll wake you by poking your eyes!). In years past, Macy has been very facinated with cleaning the fish, this year she thought it was a little bit gross but still watched. Jack ran in circles around the fish cleaning station, poking the other fisherman's catch.

This is good mommy evidence-proof that at some point on the trip someone did brush their teeth & take a bath!

Since we didn't have a campfire, we popped popcorn & roasted marshmellows in the fireplace. We did still smell like smoke the next day, thank goodness! HA!

Ahhh, they are so sweet when they are asleep!!

This was the view from our wrap-around deck-so beautiful & peaceful!

We also had a picnic one afternoon at Monument under the big trees. On a side note, Macy is ONLY drinking from the straw cup!!!

To give the kids something to do one afternoon, we had them dig for fishin' worms...they actually found some!

This is North Lake, the start of the fishing trip.

The guys starting out-I have to tell that right before they pushed off, Jack thought he was being left behind & decided to wade out to the boat-he made it almost up to his little knees before I got to him!

We all rode in the Suburban, so it was a little cramped-Macy had the smallest space but she did great. The funniest thing was on our way up there, in her sleep she kept throwing her right leg up over Lily's carseat & into Lily's lap-think about that one for a minute...it was a hoot & we were amazed that she could do it, in her sleep no less!