Hay Lake, Minnesota

We spent the week before the 4th of July in Hay Lake, a little lake in a chain of many lakes north of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Four of my five siblings, my parents, and I borrowed my uncle’s gorgeous log cabin (with a perfect spot for our trailer) and my mom’s cousin’s adorable cottage.

The cabin

In the middle of the woods

On the cutest little lake

My mom’s cousin took us out on his boat and some brave souls tried water skiing.

To give you an idea of how we spent our time, here’s a gallery. In a nutshell, eating, sitting by the lake, eating, some small projects, roasting marshmallows, singing campfire songs, and eating.

Eating.

More eating. Seriously, no sooner were we done cleaning and we were eating again.

Sitting by the lake.

Playing TwoDots on the beach

Catching minnows

Sorting through some pictures my mom wanted to organize

More picture organizing

Sitting around the fire.

Sitting around the smokey fire.

Sitting around the fire some more.

Singing songs around the fire accompanied by guitars, banjos, violin, and flute.

Roasting marshmallows.

And even though we were missing one brother, his wife and their two kiddos, we took a family photo:

Thanks to my oldest sister Johanna for these pics. So glad she lugged around a big old camera all week.