fishing vacation

Normally in June we head up to Minnesota for a week with my family. A week filled with fishing, eating, playing outside, playing in the lake and just having fun as a family. With our plans to go to Florida we originally thought we would not be able to spend any time up north. However, determined not miss out on some fishing and relaxing we decided to spend a few days with my family and jam pack in as much as we could. So we were up early Thursday morning and were back home Saturday night.

Sadly the weather was a little chilly so we all had on pants, not your typical June weather that is for sure!

The girls of course love vacation because they love spending time with their mama and papa.

 It was Kelly's first vacation! Next year she will have far more fun with the big kids, this year, well they were just kind of loud!

 Of course Bill and Jennifer tried to cram in as much fishing as they could. There was lots of time in the boat in just three days.

 Cooking breakfast with mama on Friday morning.

 This is the first year that Mikayla wanted to go out in the boat. She is starting to realize that she is missing out on stuff! So she got to spend a little time in the boat with daddy and papa too.

 Jennifer caught a big fish! She was very excited about it.

 Kelly getting up close with her first fish.

 Friday afternoon my brother and his family arrived. Of course the kids were off and playing. Even though it was chilly out they were determined to get into the water. So after a while we just gave in. Of course they didn't care that the water was cold, they had a ton of fun!

 While everyone else was in the water, Mikayla found a spot in the sand to play. This girl loves to play in the sand!

 Much to our surprise Mikayla did decide to give the water a try. It didn't last long but at least she ventured out!

The big kids checking out Kelly.

 Saturday morning Bill and Jennifer needed to get a little more fishing in before we left.

 Having some on the bikes.

 Bill showing off 2 more fish before we go.

 Of course each year we have to take a family picture.

 And one with just mama, papa and the grandkids. I just have to say that the three in the back do not make this an easy task that is for sure!

We had a fun three days with our family, it was sad leaving knowing the rest of them would get to continue on for a week. The only up side was that we knew we were heading to sun, warmth and the ocean!