Allie and I went to Balsam Lake on July 19th with some of my co-workers. (Jeremy was at RockFest during this time, but we will not be sharing any pictures of his adventure.) One of the consultants from our lab invited our lab up to his cabin for the weekend. We had a great time. Allie was all excited to use her life jacket, floaties, boat and fish, but when it actually came time to go swimming she wasn't excited anymore. She decided she wanted to go in the canoe, but when she got a ways out she decided I needed to swim to her. When I got there, she didn't want to go in the water, so I had to swim back to the dock and my supervisor had to bring her to the dock in the canoe. She didn't attempt to swim the rest of the weekend.

Here Allie is playing with some toys at the lake. It rained for a while, so the kids watched movies and played with toys until it was time for dinner. We have a Doctor visiting our lab from the Dominican Republic. He decided to treat us with a Carribean Dinner. It was kind of spicy, but very good. I stayed away from the anchovies, not my favorite. We also had a great time roasting marshmallows and making smores after the rain cleared.

Allie and her friend Xavier, got bubbles all over the deck and one of the other children slipped, so they got to clean them up with a bucket and a scrub brush. They had a wonderful time. They would each scrub for a little bit and then say "It's your turn." It was really cute.

Allie relaxing in the hammock

Allie hugging Addie "Goodbye"

Allie doesn't normally get jealous about me holding babies, but she was not very happy that Addie was taking too much of my time. She got a little sassy with Addie, but in the end they were still friends.