Weekend in Siren

Last weekend we went to the cabin. We got a lot of work accomplished - the boys finished all of the electrical (which including renting a 25 foot wobbly step ladder to work near the top of the great room - Yikes!) while Kat and I did outdoor work. Us ladies evened out the grade of the hill on the south side of the driveway, spread black dirt over it, planted grass seed and fertilized and then covered it with a straw matting which gets stapled in place to hold the seed down when it rains. Then in our spare time we even split and stacked nearly a cord of wood. Whew!

But it wasn't all work and no play - after we finished around 5 p.m. on Saturday, we all went down and enjoyed the lake for a while. You can check out Nicholas above loving Ali's baby tube. Then Sunday we were able to relax all day. We went fishing in the old pontoon and you can see Nick and Luther hanging out together. Too bad we didn't catch any keepers.

Friday night the lake was as calm as glass so Tim decided to go barefooting. He first skied around the lake once then decided to try barefooting. He hasn't barefooted in a few years, so he was a little rusty. He went three times and the third wipeout was scary so Kristi told him he had to quit. Going over 40 mph and faceplanting and somersaulting into the water is too scary for mom.

Today is a day of rest for Nicholas after all of the excitement of the weekend. Tonight we have our last childbirth and parenting class at Mercy. All of the couples have had their babies by now and everyone will get to meet all the kids. We actually saw two of the other couples in our class in the hospital at the same time we had Nick. It will be great to hear everyone's birth stories and hear how all the kids are doing.