Summer turns to fall

Summer is officially over! We are done visiting the Lake Osakis area until next summer...on our last trip over labor day weekend Isabelle got to spend some more time in the boat with Pappa and caught more really nice sunfish. The cabin was a lot of fun this year and I look forward to doing more fishing up there next year.



 Fall means that we have lots of food to harvest in our backyard. So far this year we have canned pickles, salsa, pears and plums. We have frozen apples and beans and have lots of fresh apples and pears to eat. This weekend we picked our first pumpkins. We got a few really big ones and Isabelle is exctited to carve them up for Halloween. I hope they last that long.

Isabelle got a fish last weekend! She has been waiting pretty patiently to get another pet. We went to Petco and she picked out a pink Beta that she later named Pinky. She spends quite a bit of time just sitting on a stool looking at him (yes its a boy named Pinky).



Isabelle really likes spending time with her new cousin Natalie!

Isabelle also started gymnastics a couple weeks ago. So far she seems to really enjoy it.

The last fishing trip of the year...When we brought the boat home from the cabin we left it in the driveway for a couple days until  I could get it cleaned out. Isabelle liked to sit in the boat and pretend fish. This summer was a blast and provided a lot of memories. My favorite memory might be watching Isabelle fall in love with fishing, it started with dock fishing and then out in the boat, she really seems to enjoy it and that makes her Dad pretty happy!

all kinds of stuff...

It has been a busy few weeks with lots of fun stuff going on. Isabelle and I visited the Tutti Frutti frozen yogurt shop in Maple Grove. Isabelle really enjoyed her ice cream...all of it.

Our garden and fruit trees are really starting to produce the fruits and veggies. The plum tree and two the apple trees have already been harvested and we canned the plums and froze the apple slices. We also made 12 jars of pickles from our garden cucumbers and frozen several bags of green beans. In a week or two we will have the 2 pear trees and one more apple tree ready to pick...then the canning will really get started!

 

Isabelle has a pair of glasses frames with no lenses in them. She likes to put them on and sit in the "library" and read. She calls it "playing school". Its pretty adorable.

Last week Isabelle and I spent the night at our friends house and Isabelle and her friend Emerson got to jam out in their PJ's while the Dad's took in a Vikings preseason game.

We attended a company picnic at the splash pad in Otsego. It was a little chilly outside but Isabelle was not detered. She had a blast running around getting her tushy wet.

Last weekend we went to the cabin with our friends the Ohme's. we had a good time fishing, making smores and hanging out at the lake. The girls did a great job in the boat and we were able to catch some bass, a northern, lots of sunfish and one little walleye.

  

Isabelle even got to go fishing with Papa on Sunday afternoon.

cousins everywhere!

Isabelle got to spend the last two weekends with her cousins at the cabin. Needless to say she had a really fun time with all of them. Will and Keegan came up last weekend and we were able to get out in the boat with the boys a couple times and managed to catch sunfish, largemouth and smallmouth bass and a bunch of perch.

Isabelle had another exciting weekend with Kaylee and Blayne...corn on the cob, Todd County Fair, fishing and s'mores...what else could a 4 year old want?

Bigger Pool and a Rainbow

Rainbow's are Isabelle's favorite thing to paint or draw, she loves them. She was really excited to see one the other day during a brief sun shower...

After spending 2 summers playing in the teen tiny baby pool Isabelle finally upgraded to a larger inflatable pool...it has been a good way to beat the heat.

 

even more fun

 Isabelle Kaylee and Blayne have painted just about every available rock at the cabin. Who knew how much it is to paint rocks? The kids love it!

Isabelle and Kaylee set up a salon in the living room...



Even at home Isabelle gets to have fun in the sun. She finally talked me into buying a bigger pool so future pictures will have a more full grown pool.



CHEESE!

more time at the lake!

We had another fun weekend at the lake last weekend. We went to the Osakis Days carnival which was pretty small but had rides, games and corn dogs which was really all we needed! Isabelle continues to enjoy fishing from the dock and out in the boat. The weather cooled off a little so we were able to enjoy a camp fire and have some smores. This lasted until the bugs came out...wow there are a lot of bugs this year!

more fun at the lake...

Isabelle and Kaylee had a good time playing princess at the cabin. The weather was pretty nice so we spent a lot of time outside but the kids still like to get inside and play from time to time.

We got the giant tube out for the first time this year. The kids took two rides each and seemed to really enjoy it.



Isabelle is quite the little angler! She caught this bass all by herself, she casted, set the hooks and reeled it in...I still cant get her to hold fish for the picture but I am working on it...stay tuned.