Ashley Lake/Echo Lake

Summer has been fun this year and we had a chance to take some holiday time to go to our cabins. Of course we have 2 cabins to choose from...such a problem! Jeff's parents have one on Echo Lake, while mine have a place on Ashley Lake. So we split up our time and spent half a week at each. 

Ashley Lake was such a blast! We got to be there at the same time as Dave and Michelle and their daughters, Yasmin and Lauren, my second cousins! They are from England and have visited Canada about 8 years ago. Jordan and Melanie were also there with their kids. It was so much fun to spend time with them and we got to teach Yasmin and Lauren how to ski and wakeboard, and did many tube rides. Because I'm pregnant, I decided to play it safe and not participate much behind the boat this year. Very lame I know! But I still had the best time ever, and was so happy to have a break from working, which has been taking all my energy. I did get to try the paddle board though, which was super fun. You can really move on those boards! We played lots of games of Mexican horseshoes, ate great food, watched movies, and roasted marshmallows by the fire. My mom had bought these massive colored marshmallows which were interesting to roast. We also went to a play in Big Fork called "Legally Blonde." This is one of my all time favorite movies and the play was pretty much identical so I loved it and we all thought it was pretty funny. It was a great time and we had the best weather I've ever had at the lake...not a drop of rain and usually around 90 degrees!

We had a great time at Echo Lake as well! Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures, but we did have a photographer come to take some family pictures. Jeff's whole family happened to be there at one time so Kellie had the great idea of having a big family photo done. We did some boating as well, although there aren't as many people to do much behind the boat so we did more swimming and relaxing. We played a lot of rook and dominoes and had delicious meals. I also got a lot of reading done which was great! 

We wish we had a longer holiday...1 week just isn't enough! But Jeff does have another week of vacation time for the year so we will plan on doing something else in a couple of months. Other than our cabins, we've been having a good summer playing with our friends, but mostly relaxing since I've been SO tired. Just now I'm starting to get my energy back which feels great! Before I end this post, we just wanted to thank Don and Cindy, and Rick and Ann for the great holiday!! =)