Cottage Recap

We got back from the cottage tonight around dinner time. The kids were filthy so they went right in the bathtub. Then Cobe went to Mark's, Brooks played with the neigbors, and Sadie and I strolled to Tina's for awhile. Ryan had to run pick up his police car b/c he has court in the a.m. I think we will probably go out on a bike trip in the morning. We may head to the Grandville mall tomorrow night. We need to pick up a gift certificate for Josh's birthday for Build-a-Bear so Ryan said he wouldn't mind going to the carousel with the kids. I'll take my camera and get some good shots. I actually took my camera to the cottage, but for some reason, never took any pictures. I am getting lame now that I am on vacation from work I guess. I can accomplish so much more in my day when I have to be at work, than when I have all the time in the world.

The cottage was so nice. Ryan worked his butt off the first day- mowing, raking, cleaning out seaweed, etc. but I relaxed. :-) Today we all just hung out and had some good family time. We had perfect weather.

Tomorrow I think I'll bike the kids to the bakery in the morning for donuts. Then we may head to the park to play for awhile while we are out. I am sure we'll come home in time for lunch and for Sadie to nap, then head to Grandville when she wakes up. Wednesday I have a pool day planned at Knollwood with a couple of friends. Lisa Medendorp called today to go to the beach, but we were at the cottage, so she mentioned maybe Thursday going there. So I will probably leave Thurs. open for that. Cobe has his last baseball game Thursday night as well. He actually has one more next week, but we'll be in NC so he'll miss it. Ryan is off again for the weekend, so I don't know what we'll come up with to do. Sunday we are going to hang out at his parents condo for father's day. They have an electric pontoon boat on the little lake at their condos, so the kids enjoy going for rides. We are going to grill out and also celebrate Josh's birthday that same night. Because on Tuesday, we leave for NC for a week. My 1st cousin, Elizabeth, is getting married on June 23 in Durham, so we'll be at the lake for 2 days, then head to Raleigh to stay the weekend for the all of the wedding festivities. We'll go back to the lake on Sunday until we leave most likely Monday night to drive back. A lot of driving and going in a short week. That part won't be fun, but seeing all of my extended family will be. I have relatives in S.C. and Mississippi as well as NC and Brent from CA all will be there. We all grew up being so close together and now everyone is so spread out that we only get together for weddings and funerals. Thank goodness this is a wedding!!!! I got the boys cute new outfits for the wedding and myself a new sundress and wedge sandals, so at least the hard part is over with. Other than than wedding clothes, I"ll just have to throw in a few pairs of shorts, a bathing suits and a couple of t-shirts so packing is never an issue when we go on vacation there. A whole lotta relaxing is all we do!

Well, I borrowed a Pilates DVD from Lisa (Medendorp) and I still have to fit that in tonight. I did it yesterday and Sat. and it KICKED my butt!!!!! I always thought Pilates were for girly girls who didn't like to exercise. Boy was I wrong!!! I can feel it in my whole body. I just wanted to borrow it to see if I would enjoy doing it before I bought one. I can honestly say that I haven't enjoyed doing it, but we'll see if I notice any difference in my physique, then maybe I'll buy one. And if my stomach/ab muscles turn out half as kickin' as hers, then all the pain will be worth it!!!! You go Lisa!!!!!!! :-) The last thing I want to do at 10:30 at night, but I committed, so off I go.