A little of this, a little of that...

This past week I started working out in the mornings.  It's lovely scenery before 6 AM.  

The boys and I decided to check out the used furniture store in town to see if there were any furnishing for the lake house.  They like this gigantic sectional couch and made themselves right at home!

Got him!  We got a mouse in our boat Sunday, and we caught him Tuesday night.  The boys were so excited!

The boys built a cardboard fort to sleep in. 

It had a guard (Mr. Cuddles), a welcome mat, and a swinging door.  They had several nerf guns in there too, in case of an ambush. 

Wednesday we met Amber and Josie at their neighborhood pond. The boys did a bit of kayaking and some RC boat racing.  That thing flies!

Wednesday night we went to a Bucks game to watch the AA tournament.  It was a great game!

On Thursday Luke's friend, Rogen, came to visit. They both love STEM so I asked them if they'd like to build boats and float them in our creek.  They used the freezer for a work surface, but decided to stand on the skateboard for a booster. 

All they need for a boat is cardboard, scissors, tin foil, and lots of duct tape!

Thursday night we went to World Market for more window shopping.  They again found a great chair they think would be "just right" and demonstrated for me. 

After dinner we went to "Boy Heaven" at the creek so we could recover Luke's shoe that he lost during the boat floating.  Luke decided he needed goggles and a swim suit to get all the way to the bottom of the creek. He's a riot! 

He decided it was too shallow to float, and just stuck his head under water.  He came up after  two glances underwater and said "it's dark as night in there!" We eventually found his shoe, but just by kicking our feet around. What fun is that? 

Saturday we took the drift boat onto the Yellowstone River for a fishing float.  It was a gorgeous day. 

Luke was fly fishing and did a great job with his casting. 

Josh did great with his fly fishing too, and was the only one of us to catch a fish. 

We were kind of racing a storm...the sky on the left was foreboding and the sky on the right was cheerful. 

This is a strange little panoramic picture of the boat.  I liked it...strange as it is. 

My boys!  I love these boys.  

Luke was set on fishing up to his waist.  Who knows what he was after. 

This is my version of Brad Pitt in A River Runs Through It.  Only I was trying to free a snagged line and was very clumsy. I'm dedicated if nothing else. 

This is Josh's fish.  It was our skunk-buster, but we had to get it back in the water fast so there are no good pictures of it. 

This picture makes me laugh.  Mike wanted to stand on his new birthday cooler to see how sturdy it is.  

Luke is still small enough to fish in the bow of the boat.  

We came home for a backyard fire.  These two take a fireside picture every summer, and we realized that we hadn't taken one yet this summer. 

Sunday we got to ride on a friend's boat and it was pretty amazing.  Josh was surfing with his WBP hat to be the coolest kid around.