Turtle Lake

Last weekend was our annual fall family get away! We normally head up to the North Shore and stay at the Lutsen Sea Villas but we decided to try something different out this year. The drive to the North Shore is so long for all the kiddoes we now have, plus the cabin we rented the last probably 6 years we have outgrown. Anyways...Erik found this nice home to rent on Turtle Lake.

There was even a smiling tree for us!

We had a bonfire one night.

Storytime every night!

And we went on a train ride one day too!

Chris had a migraine though so he missed out...but here is mommy and Linnea on the train!

lovin it.

Looking out the window with her cousin Dylan.

We took the train a small little Pumpkin Festival where they had a "haunted" depot. They played some music which Linnea danced to, there is a video at the bottom if you make it thru all my pictures!

We went through a hay maze, had lunch and then went on a pumpkin hunt.

Linnea found the perfect one! The train ride home was not enjoyable since we had plenty of tired kids and one lil girl (mine) got stung by a bee!!! It was quite traumatic but we survived. It was on her leg and she was convinced her pants hurt her so we did not put those pants back on. She was the toddler in a shirt, socks, shoes and just a diaper.

We stopped for some ice cream on the way back to the house and when we returned we relaxed with some Sesame Street and other shows. Linnea couldnt get enough hugs from her buddy Dylan.

Sunday we watched some football, did crafts and took it easy since most of the toddlers came down with colds. Here is Jake with grandma!

Brian, Megan and their boys made time for the canoe on the lake behind the house.

And we had fun playing on the shore and in the little playhouse.

Then it was time to cuddle with grandma.

crafts!

On the way home Chris, my parents, Linnea and I stopped for two letterboxes in St. Croix Falls and got some nice fall pictures.

We found one of the two boxes and then obviously as you can see in the picture below, someone was very tired!

We enjoyed our fall trip very much!