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We were SO fortunate to be able to book a little family getaway amidst all of this Covid crap. Waskesiu felt a bit too big and busy for the likes of us, so we booked a cabin near our friends camp spot at Christopher Lake for this weekend. Our first of two weekends we have booked away this summer.

It felt like home. I can’t even describe it. We’ve gone for a couple of day trips here and there, and we’ve always really enjoyed our time, but this year, we watched the kids just flourish before our eyes. It was incredible. Its a nice small space, with not too many people around at all. It feels so safe and comfortable. For the most part, we were able to just let the kids run with their friends, being confident they would be out of harms way. We could really see ourselves there. Maybe someday!

Here is your photo play by play!

The place we stayed was beautiful. It’s not always available, necessarily, because its part of a camp nearby, but thanks to Covid, it was readily available to rent, and we thoroughly enjoyed it.

We spent the bulk of our time with our friends and their kids. The first night, we enjoyed a fire with copper and hose, just for fun. The kids played and ate popsicles and generally got the lay of the land.

The next day was spent outside. They ran and played at the Ark Park and beached and tanned. It was beautiful.

We ate simple food 🙂

The kids TOTALLY ran the show in a lot of ways 😆 The four of us adults sat at the picnic table and the kids got the fire! 🔥

I REALLY want to draw attention to Dekker in this post. He thrived at the lake this weekend. Our friends generously let us play with all of their beach stuff, and Dekker began to venture out on the water. None of our kids are confident in water at this point, but Dekker was SO brave and had such an amazing time of adventure! He started on the kayak…

Then he “surfed.”

The most impressive, however, was when he got up on the paddle board. It was like he had done it forever 😧

He was out on the water for so long, and only fell off once at the very end. He was upset but he didn’t panic, and I encouraged him to walk out in the water later and see how far he could touch. He did it, and felt much better. But sadly, that was our last time out on the water. He was disappointed, and wanted to go out again, which I think is a good sign ☺️

He was just SO grown up this weekend. I was so impressed.

We BBQed and s’mored it up that night!

The kids stayed up SO late and had SO much fun! Our full Saturday there just felt blissful. I couldn’t believe how at ease it all felt. I know a lot of that had to do with our friends being SO welcoming and warm, and the other part was just the general feel there. It was excellent.

We spent this morning packing and breakfasting, and then we moseyed over to our friends site for the last few hours. It was more overcast today, so we didn’t hit the beach, but we visited around the fire while the kids ran around and played.

Right before our time in our cabin was about to run out, Brady ran and loaded the last stuff into our van while Braden took our kids each on a little drive through the campsites. It was 110% awesome! The kids loved it!

But it had to come to an end, with an embarrassing weepy tantrum, as it tends to happen 😆😩 But it was pretty clear everyone was pretty tired…

It was sad to leave, but it was nice to come home, too. We miss our friends, our family, and our home. Everything is already pretty much unpacked, laundry is rolling, kids are bathed, and supper is in the oven. I’m sad that being responsible means the fire smell is already washing out and off of everything, but I hope very much that we can go again soon 💜