Labor Day Weekend - Fall Fest 2018

Friday of Labor Day weekend - the kids and I headed up to Schweitzer early so the kids could play on the kids games before things got crazy for Fall Fest. 

Girls were climbing and jumping while Charlie was zip-lining with friends. 

Bill was working, but I was thankful for that the Odonnells and Prossers were up there early with me. 

Charlie was thrilled to be with Colin and Mitchell. 

Saturday morning we were brave and left all the kids at Prossers Condo and then took a hike with just the adults. Me and Katie.

so fun to see the fall colors coming out. 

Very thankful we met these families on the SYSA boys soccer team our first month in town! 

Fall Fest looked too crazy so we headed down to the boat. 

These 3 hanging out! 

Claire and Charlie "relaxing" on the tube.

I hope the kids realize how blessed they are to be able to tube and waterski and be on this gorgeous lake all the time!

Charlie is getting so much better at wakeboarding! 

We made it up in time to grab 1 drink and soda before the tents closed for the night.

 So thankful the smoke cleared enough for us to see! 

Sunday I got up and took lily out for a little hike since she wasn't going to be able to join us on the hike up to the top (we wanted to take the chairlift down). At the end of our hike - she found this horse water bucket and quickly cooled off. Ha

Hiking up to the top! The kids were REALLY  unhappy with this choice about this point.

Charlie did a great job on this hike. 

Love this place!!

Claire was mad about the picture. 

Thankfully I can be in 1 picture. 

This catapillar SAVED the hike. The girls found "fuzzy" and quickly he became their hiking companion. They put him in their hands, on a rock, on a leaf and hiked him up to "save him from predators". 

the last part is the hardest! 

This is the Great Divide ski run that divides the front and back of the mountain.

Fuzzy was a gorgeous catapillar with lots of bright fuzzy hair, but by the time he made it to the top he was more of a worm with no hair. They made him a little house and hopefully he survived. 

Fuzzy made the picture! 

Another gorgeous summer spent up at Schweitzer and on Lake Pend Oreille. I just love this place and cherish our time here. Can't wait until ski season! 

Priest Lake - Ann and Addi's Cabin

We spent 4 days at Ann and Addi's Cabin with some of our most favorite people. The weather was a bit chilly, but we had a great time. 

Charlie, Ian and Maya played a lot of games! There were some tense moments, but overall our kids play really well together. 

we hung out on the neighbors dock one morning while the bigger kids and dads were huckleberry picking. 

The girls and Luke running on the sundeck. 

boating adventures. the smoke was so bad...

At Elkins having some of their specialty drinks. 

Addi & Bill.

Charlie and Ian having virgin huckleberry daiquiris  

Hanging out on the Elkins Beach with Prossers and Seltman-Rizvi family. 

The boys dug up a bottle that had a message in it from 2009.

Ian, Luke and Charlie

Lukey doing his new sport -- body boarding.

So proud of Charlie - he got up waterskiing the first time and went for a long time and then also got up wakeboarding and did that for awhile. He has matured and gained new skills this summer. 

Addi and Bill foil boarding.... 

Bill and Claire after she lost another tooth!  

no teeth claire.

What a fun long weekend at Priest Lake. So thankful for fun times with great friends. We puzzled WAY too late into the night, played many games of Catan and laughed hard! Can't wait until next year!