Vacation

John took off the whole week to go to Cranberry Lake in Indiana for vacation with us.  My parents joined us for the week which was an awesome bonus.  We rented a beautiful house which had TV'S!!!  (This was a big bonus for our kids!)  The more memorable highlights for John and I included canoeing with the kids, swimming to a giant trampoline off shore, hiking, fishing, and spotting all kinds of animals on the property.  The kids found a mother cat and her litter of three kittens which they spent the week chasing and caring for.  Luckily we didn't see them on our last day or we would have four more cats (which we DON'T need!!)  Some of the animals we saw on a regular basis were deer, beavers, cranes, herons, and even an eagle.  Sam really perfected her fishing skills this week and caught an impressive amount of sunfish, bluegill, bass, and a ten inch bass that she landed on her own.  She is able to bait and release her fish without gloves which now moves her into the "real fisherman" category in everyone's eyes.  Ben is learning to fish without gloves as well and spent a huge amount of his time hiking in the woods.  Maisie has perfected her tracking skills and is now able to identify and figure out what way the deer are headed.  Who knows.... maybe someday we'll have a hunter among us.  Here are the pics in no special order....