If we weren't already looking forward to spending a nice long 4 day weekend at the Brown House, what made it even more special was stopping along the way to visit our new puppy! Yes, you heard right. After many long years, I finally gave in and got Dan a puppy for his 40th birthday.
After looking at strays and breeds and whatnot, I fell in love with the Coton De Tulear. Then I found a breeder in Mt. Pleasant and as luck would have it, she had a litter born April 22nd. We talked on the phone and via the internet and before long, we were the proud owners of another baby boy. 
This time a fur baby. Gret and I were the first to meet him and thought he looked like a little polar bear, so Polar became his name. We got to visit him when we went to the BH for Mother's Day weekend, and now we were back again. He'll come home with us for good in early June, but the breeder has been very nice to let us visit when we head her way, so that is what we did.Polar is getting bigger and fluffier, that is for sure. He is such a little sweetie and Gret especially could not be more in love if he tried!
So, after a visit with Polar we continued up and got to the BH with enough time to settle in before the Wings game! We made arrangements with Aunt Lisa to come and watch the boys so we could go into town and see the game at Club Shadows. Matt and Nora and the boys were coming up, too, and got a later start, so they decided to just meet us up there.
The Wings went down quickly 3 to 0 and it didn't look too good, but by the end of the 2nd, we had tied it up! The bar started filling up with lots of Lake Miramichi people, so we got to meet a few new people on our lake, which was cool. Grandpa Lu came up and eventually Matt and Nora made it to see the Wings lose in OT. It was an exciting game and a good time...even if we did lose.
Saturday started a little rainy, but cleared up to be a nice day. Lots of fishing was done by all.
We dusted off the washer toss game and played it all weekend. The boys played some baseball and caught a frog or two as well. It was great to have a campfire at night and of course we had to have smores! Yum!On Sunday we invited Grandpa Lu, Grandma Dorena and Aunt Lisa over to watch the Wings play Chicago in game 4. This time we could get it on our TV at the cabin, since it was on NBC. Luckily the Wings jumped out to a big lead and kept it the whole game, so we were all able to relax and enjoy it!
We had a steak BBQ with patriot cookie cake for dessert and followed it up with the first annual Memorial Weekend fishing derby at the BH. 
Walker was the big winner reeling in the biggest bass of the weekend. Way to go, Walker!
Nora noticed that there were tons of turtles on the other side of the inlet, so she and Walker took the boat out and caught 3. A Mama, a Daddy and and a baby!
We put them on the patio and had a turtle race before releasing them back into the wild. Mama won!
Matt worked on the telescope and we had some stars that night, but finding a level place where you can see around trees is still an issue...so we'll have to work on that some more this summer.
We finished the night with another fire and sparklers to commemorate the Memorial holiday, along with Patriot stir sticks, of course!
Monday was another beautiful day, so we stuck around some before heading home. It was fun spending time with the Utley's, both for the kids and the grown ups! It was a nice taste of what is to come this summer. Bring it on!!!
