Lapp Family Mountains Trip ...

We just spent two days with Mike's family at the Bim Cabin in Perry County.  It's a great big cabin with a pool and we sure enjoyed it!!! 

 

We headed up early Friday morning.  We weren't on the road no 15 minutes and Lena called to see if we have room for one more person?.?  Their rented van was overloaded.  So, we drove around to found some fresh strawberries (which we did not find) till they met us at a car wash.  Jeremy comes bouncing out of their van and into our Yukon.  We were in for a fussy 1 1/2 hour ride now.  :)  The kids love to be with cousins and so there was not a single quiet moment until we arrived at the cabin drive way.  I'm sure it didn't help matters that we said "no movies" on the way up.  It was still morning and they don't need media entertainment every road trip!

 

We arrived safe but when we got to the cabin, Mike stopped and made Hadassah and Jeremy get out and walk up the long step driveway.  Their energy was needed to be burned.  :)

 

It was a sunny warm day on Friday.  Perfect to sit by the pool side and watch the children swim!  James loved the water.  Hunter did not.  The kids loved the singing bubble machines from mom.  Mike did not.  :))))  The day was fun in the sun. 

 

In the later afternoon/evening, the guys played croquet.  The kids played some ping pong and with the pool table.  Sausage grillers were put on the grill and homemade ice cream was churned.  The food was yummy!  That night, we sat and laughed and played some games.  It was 1:30 AM when I went to bed.  Sleeping positions are no fun right now for me and so sleeping in a 'not king size bed' or at home might be a challenge.?.  I said a prayer and feel asleep.  I woke up a few times but I did sleep good!  Thank you Lord!!! 

 

James ... he is so adorable! 

Felicia ... she is so sweet and adorable too!!!

 

Matthew was struggling with a touch of swimmers ear before we got to the cabin, so I made sure he uses ear plugs and drops while we were there.  Hadassah loves to swim too!

This little miss loved the singing bubble machine mom brought for the kids.  It sang a cute ice cream truck song and blew tons of bubbles!  Such fun!

Hadassah and Jeff are like two peas in a pod.  Always together.  Always having fun!

Hunter tried to like the water especially with moms help.  James loved every bit of the water!

Mike and his brothers playing croquet.

I love this man!!!!  XOXO!

People love to be with Mike.  He's fun and crazy.  He's got humor.  He loves, loves to have a good time!  He really enjoyed being with his brothers and all his brother-in-laws.

Saturday was a fun day but it was not so sunny.  We were very glad we made a day of it using the pool yesterday!  We had a great breakfast.  The guys played more croquet.  The kids got stroller rides.  We tried to relax and not think of cleaning up until after supper.  No one seemed to be in a hurry to leave.  (Steve's did leave in the morning.)  We did sit by the pool awhile and watched the children swim even with the hot sun beating on us.  It was still relaxing.  We cooked up burgers and made a great big salad!  Warm strawberry shortcake, brownies and ice cream was served as we sang happy birthday to Jeremy!

Hunter and Ashlyn ... they love to be together!  Ashlyn loved the pool except that sometimes she got a little shock when getting out.  We don't know why this pool does this??? 

The dads joined the swimming to at times.  Water guns and toys were mixed in the fun.

Swimming relays ...

 Mom had a candy scramble for the kids and these added some soda with the sugar highs.  Total riot.

Watching the quates being played.  And goofing off together. 

Thanks to everyone for joining the fun cabin days!  We had a great time!  The best ending was when Aunt Anna Ruth came over (she lives only 20 minutes away from the cabin) to take a swim with us.  She hung around for supper and then we got brilliant!  Mike's family always harps about when they are on 'vacation' ... they do not like to 'clean'!  To me, it's just a part of the trip and with so many people and children, it always needs a good cleaning before leaving the place.  Something was mentioned about getting Aunt Anna Ruth to stay and clean for us if we all chip in and pay her!!!???!!!  I was so into that thought because with only three more weeks to go with this pregnancy, that sounded great!  Mike offered her $100!  She was all in!!!  Mom had the bathrooms done already and we cleaned up the supper dishes.  Then we relaxed and even played a game of Settlers while Anna Ruth hustled around us and cleaned!  It was a blessing and a blast to smell the cleaning solutions and not be the one sweating and doing the work!  We will diffidently keep this in mind for more upcoming years!!!  :)))  Thanks a ton Anna Ruth!  And, she also remembered that I like lemon sponge pie!  She brought me a small pie just for me!  How thoughtful!!!