Lake Mini-Vacation!

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We were able to get away to have a super fun weekend getaway with some friends of ours, The Millers. Last year we went on a camping trip with them (and actually we are planning a short camping trip for the near future as well) but this year Hilary's aunt offered us the use of her lake cabin. She was planning to sell it (and it has since been sold actually) and so we were lucky to get in one last hurrah! The house was great and perfect for two families. The kids loved swimming each day and had so much fun doing cannonballs and jumps from the dock. We tried to get Sophia to actually dive but she wasn't too much interested, I mean it doesn't really compete with a cannonball on the fun factor. We drove down Thursday night and finally got the overly excited and ready for action kiddos asleep. Friday we dedicated to hanging out and relaxing and I for one really needed it! We played in the lake and on the deck all day long and I loved every minute of it! Then we grilled for dinner and even managed some s'mores before bed. Saturday we swam a bit in the morning, did some crafts, bubbles, etc. and then headed into "town". It was about a 45 minute drive and we hit up Miner Mike's, a play place for kids. Jill gave us this suggestion and I'm so glad she did. The kids had a ball and it was the perfect thing to do before spending the rest of the afternoon at the Big Surf waterpark. I didn't get any pictures from there b/c well, it was just too darn difficult. But the kids liked the wave pool and the various slides. Sunday we took our time but we did have to head back home. Jacob's Cave was on the way (sort of) and last summer when we visited the Mark Twain cave our kids were very interested. This cave was a much smaller, family owned operation. We had a personal tour and the tour guide even let the kids touch the rock formations, which kind of shocked me, but hey whatever, they liked it. They did a great job on the hour long tour and we saw a giant geode that was so big they couldn't even remove it from the cave. Afterwards the girls picked out some geodes (much smaller thankfully :) from the gift shop while Leo was more interested in the magnetic balls. After getting a late lunch together we headed back to our separate houses. We had a great trip and we are thankful that we have some friends that we can just get away with!