Recovering

I'm not sure where the last few days went, other than trying to recover from vacation and the flood.  Our chest freezer in the basement died, though we were thankfully able to save all the meat that was in it.  A repair man came today to see why our dryer wasn't drying clothes.  He found that the motor was ruined by the water and it will cost $340 to fix it.  Ouch.  Hopefully the new motor will come in soon so we can dry laundry again.  Drying racks in the living room aren't really cutting it too well.  

Jeremy and Caeden have been busy every night this week with wrestling camp.  There are about 15 kids participating, which is pretty good for the month of July when everyone goes on vacation.  They are having fun.  

In other news...we were nearly attacked by a much-too-friendly (and hopefully not rabid!) squirrel outside Cook Hall while Sylvia had her cello lesson!  Too close for my comfort, crazy squirrel!  

A hurried goodbye

Today, I have felt so yucky that I stayed in bed past lunchtime.  Everyone else, thankfully, was enjoying the wave runners some more.  They even found an inner tube to tie on!

These two cuties are just tons of fun!!

We really appreciate Scott and Cathy inviting us to have a vacation with them! What a blessing this time away at the cabin has been!

When I finally got up for a shower this afternoon, I checked Facebook and noticed that a lot of people near home were talking about getting lots of rain and flooding.  One neighbor also mentioned that the power was out.  When I finally got outside, I received texts from the wife of our village mayor who knew we were on vacation.  She said that our village was having flash floods and that she was worried about our basement.  Since we have had ongoing problems with water, and serious flooding even last week, we knew our basement would be full of water.  We decided we needed to go home right away instead of in the morning.  We packed up quickly and said hurried goodbyes and thank yous.

 

These kiddos played so well together, and we really had a wonderful time!

Thank you H fam!  We love you!!

We got home in the middle of the night, and found everything floating in the basement.  Not a great way to end vacation.  But, vacation itself was a wonderful time away.  We are thankful.

More fun and relaxing at the lake

Cathy took the kayak out this morning and was super speedy!

These beauties took turns on the wave runners with the daddies.

Lovin' every minute of it!

Grandma Fudge visited to see if we had any questions or needs about the cabin.

This evening, the guys grilled chicken for us.

The men were very cozy in their corner in order to fit us all around the table.

The kids watched part of Peter Pan before being forced off to bed.

Such a relaxing and wonderful day.

Hanging at the Cabin

This afternoon, we enjoyed just hanging out and relaxing by the lake.  Uncle Tom visited and told us stories about how the cabin had been in the family for decades.

I've been continuing to feel more and more sick, so Scott told us to take his Solstice in to Walgreen's. Jeremy was totally pumped to drive it.

We played some Tenzi this evening.

We put on our sweatshirts and jeans and played outside this evening.

Scott built a fire in the fire pit.

And we had s'mores!

And such fun with cousins!

Kayak, Paddleboat, Waverunner

Good morning from the cabin on the lake!

Jeremy decided to take a kayak out this morning, and found a life jacket that sort of fit--not without singing the "fat guy in a little coat" song, though.  

We all slept in and had a slow morning.  I didn't get to sleep until sometime after 2am though, as I'm coming down with a cold in my throat.

Just a few shots around the cabin...

Megan and her mudpie

Lunchtime!

Emily was very happy to see her daddy arrive. Really, she was!

Scott agreed to take the kids out in the paddle boat, for just a minute.

Annah and I took the kids for a ride on the paddle boat.

Sylvia stayed at the beach and read her book.

We passed this sailboat, the Heidi Ho.

Scott and Jeremy went to get wave runners from storage and brought them to the lake!

The kids are taking turns getting rides, and they all LOVE it!!!!

parking the wave runners in the river...

We are really having fun on the water!