Dan, Erin, Rylie, Reagan, & Rory: Summer Getaway 2012

This is our 3rd year that we've spent a week up North with my family. We soooo look forward to this week every year. It's usually a nice break from work for me although this year I've been on a "break" since mid-May. We don't necessarily disconnect from everything- Dan still does some work and sends emails. It's the downside to having phones that basically do everything- we can still check email, Facebook, blogs, text, etc. However, we love that it's just us up there. We don't have to be anywhere by any certain time. We can wake up early or late. We go for paddle boat rides, fish, lay in the sun, play with the kids, do puzzles and just relax. I love having the extra hands of my parents and usually my brother (he couldn't make it this year because he has a new job!) to keep the girls entertained. Especially this year because we were potty training Rylie while we were there. It was fairly successful as she has been in her big girl underpants for about 3 weeks now. We still have accidents here and there, but we're almost there!

Rylie had a great time fishing for the first time (using her princess fishing pole) and spent more time doing it than I thought she would. Daddy had asked her if she wanted to catch a musky. So after the first cast she got this sad look on her face and said, "But I didn't catch my musky." She did catch a few little perch, a rock bass and a sunny. She would lean over the side of the boat and yell "bite fishies bite!" And when she caught one, she would reel it in until she could see the fish and then have Papa take over. She immediately instructed him, "You let him go Papa!"

We ate a lot, drank a lot and relaxed a lot. And the week flew by as usual.