The calm before the storm...

Rick and I are looking forward to our longest stay at the cabin....
2 weeks of vacation with kids and grandkids stacked in the middle.
The first batch will arrive this afternoon and we are pretty excited about it.
The rest of the clan will be here later in the week, cant wait!

"The calm before the storm" is not a bad thing to me, first of all I love storms!
The calm is the first part of our stay, not a lot of activity, peace & quiet but then the good part...
The storm, when we have 10 people in the cabin. There is lot's of noise, commotion and
movement. The wind is more like the gusts of little ones running all around, in and out with giggles and laughter and well... just pain excitement.

We have been mixing fun with chores around the cabin...
 it's a good mix and I have a husband that loves to tinker.

First on the agenda.... get a new water softener

 Lets just say, going without a water softener is not an option with water that has higher concentrations of iron. I'm thankful for this big boy!

A few of the windows needed a fresh coat of white.

We mowed, trimmed and cleaned up the shoreline, we blew off the deck, and I
organized the linen closet.  We accomplished a lot in 2 days, it feels good to work around the cabin and to maintain that pride of ownership!

We had this sign made for our place on the Lake.

When Rick came to this resort as a young boy it was called "Hawkeye Haven", so we thought we would keep part of the name as our cabin was part of the original resort.
The resorts cabins were bought many years ago and are all now individually owned.

It's not all work....

Love watching him ski, but it's hard when I'm the one driving the boat.

While out on a boat ride last night we came upon these two.
I"ve always wanted to see a loon mamma with a baby on her back.
Daddy loon was not far away with a small fish in his mouth... to feed baby I presume.

 We love boat rides at dusk.....so still

Now it's Tuesday, so we sit
and wait
for the storm

Oh how I love a good storm  :)