Finally Dried Out!!

The past week has been sunny and warm – and DRY!  The road to the cabin is open and repaired and the water level in the lake is down.  The mosquitoes have been out in full force!

We had a nice visit earlier this week with Paige’s cousin Tim and his wife, Pam.  We had a nice relaxing time and even got in a boat ride (you can do that when you put the boat in the water!).

 We’ve been back to town a couple of times since Paige’s mom has had some challenges recovering from the fall and then a low blood count issue.  She is currently in the hospital and hopefully will be released to Lakeshore rehabilitation center tomorrow or Tuesday.  She is maintaining a good attitude in spite of all that’s happened.

This weekend Brett, Jen and the granddaughters came for a visit.  It was so good to have them with us for a couple of days.  We were able to go swimming, boating, saunaing, made smores, and had our fireworks last night.  Brett and Bob worked on the finishing of the windows and walls of the porch.  Looks darn good now!

There was a regional handbell conference in Duluth the past few days.  Today they had over 400 bell ringers give an open concert this afternoon.  While Mom rested, we went to that – very impressive!  This comment coming from a couple of former ringers.

We’ll be spending time with Mom and then getting ready for a 5 day vacation to the Black Hills with Dave and Valentina.  Looking forward to that!