Memorial Weekend!

We arrived at Lake Bemidji Saturday afternoon--beautiful day! We had a long boat ride and, of course, Grandpa Ralph shared Captain duties with Sophia!
We docked at the Green Mill restaurant, and Travis took Sophia in the water for a little bit...she was obsessed with the water! She was having tantrums on the boat because she wanted to be in the water so badly.

Nothing like a bag of Cheetos after a day on the lake!

Check out the orange mouth and hands!

Hanging out on the dock at the house

I'm loving the summer look!

And the pigtails!

Sunday was a little more chilly, but not enough to keep us out of the park!

And nothing keeps Sophia out of the water! Lucky her dad is such a good sport!

The dogs came with us to the park/beach! They like the water almost as much as Sophia!

New outfit!

Later on Saturday got to be beautiful, and we headed off to the country property...it was beautiful and we spent so much time running around in the field...and I'm STILL finding ticks! on us/ the dogs!!! EEEWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!

It really was beautiful...I'm glad I didn't start finding ticks until after we'd left because we just enjoyed a lovely time out in the fields! (Although, forewarning would have been nice so I could have gotten some bug spray! Oh, well...)

Her Grandpa Ralph and daddy are already corrupting her with their golfing madness...

With her "cousin," Joey...a Doberman with an incredibly high tolerance for toddler antics!

Monday morning snack!

Monday was beautiful, and we decided we'd better hit the beach! Sophia is holding a big stuffed bunny that Grandma Carmen introduced her too...she called it "Bunny Foo-Foo!"

It was a beautiful day!

Sophia played with kids she didn't know! I was so proud!

We had so much fun...in fact, Sophia wants to go back! On Monday night she was so happy to be back home, until suddenly she wanted to be back at her grandparents': She was naked after her bath and threw a tantrum because she wanted shoes on. I humored her and helped her put on a pair of shoes (she had to have her "shiny shoes"). Then she ran for the door saying, "open door! Car! Ride in the car!" And she had another tantrum. I told her it was time for bed and she melted into a screaming heap; yelling "Grammy's house! Grandpa Ralph!" Today she's well adjusted to being back home, but did say "kick the water" and "ride in boat" and talked about her grandparents a lot. :) It's wonderful to see her falling in love with family members beyond us! Happy summer!