With sparklers in hand, we headed up to the BH for a fun filled Memorial Weekend. The Utley's were coming up, too, and we secured Aunt Lisa to babysit on Saturday night so all 4 of us could go into town and watch the Red Wings in the Stanley Cup Finals.
We arrived on Friday afternoon to sunny skies. After unloading our new patio set (my Mother's Day gift from Dan)
both Dan and I caught big bass while the boys jumped thier little hearts out on the trampoline. We had a fire at night and made smores with m and m's instead of hershey bars, since we were out. They were quite yummy. The boys were very excited to wave their sparkler around. So much so, that when I went into town the next day, I picked up some more and a little firework kit, too. It should be noted that I got carded buying fireworks. That made my day! :)
On Saturday the Utley's showed up in the afternoon. The kids played and played while the grown ups talked and fished. Dan, Matt and the boys went out on the boat for a while, and caught a few. Aunt Lisa showed up around 6:30 and took over so we could hit Club Shadows for the hockey game. They expected more people this time, so they had a huge screen set up in the banquet part of the place. Since we got their early, we got seats right in front. It was a fun game to watch, especially since we scored first and then went on to shut them out 4-0. When we got back to the cabin it was about 11:30pm and all 4 boys were still up in the living room playing gameboy! What? Aunt Lisa got suckered!
The next day, the Dad's and Boys played kickball for a while. Later we all headed to the beach at the big lake. It was windy, but still a nice day. The kids got in and out of the freezing cold water a few times. But it was Matt who showed off by swimming all the way out to the island! CRAZY!
We played some baseball before heading back. Dan had left wings and salmon on the smoker and unfortunetly, we were gone too long. Lesson learned. We finished the night with another fire, more smores and a very cool fireworks show. "Purple Rain" was the fan favorite.On Monday the Utley's gathered their things and got headed home in the late morning. Daddy and Gret started fishing from the shore and were catching fish left and right! Gret caught 10 before he was done. Reece joined in as well and caught 5 himself. I got to use my fishing gloves that I bought at the Bass Pro Shop and they worked like a charm. I was taking fish off the hook like it was nothing!
It was great to be back at the BH with friends and enjoying some summer like weather. As always, we left wanting more!
