Day 5 - Wednesday - Hayward

They planned a hike for Wednesday for anyone who wanted to join and most of us did! It was the perfect day for a hike. Our crowd looked like a herd!

 Uncle David with Piper

At the beginning of the hike you can take some steps up to a lookout tower.....there were SO many steps and this was the view....not much to see, so disappointing to say the least especially after all the steps!

 These were just the steps up the tower......

 These were part of the steps UP TO the tower...…

 and more steps....it was trek and my legs were so tired. I don't know how the little kids did it. Piper ran up all the steps like it was nothing!

Samantha couldn't walk so obviously she didn't go and Scott stayed back with her to help take care of Jordan, but Boston joined the rest of us!

 Cameron (almost 11), Presley (almost 9.5), Mary (almost 11)

 Boston would not be in a picture, until he could photo bomb others! 

 More steps.

 This whole area was covered in these rock towers, it was so awesome to see!

 More steps. My mom did pretty good for having a bad hip on this 2.5 mile hike!

 The heart log!

 This hike was filled of different views of different waterfalls and brooks, it was so neat to see!

 Me trying to pose like my kids....not as cute.

 On our way out we sat this little chipmunk, carrying a dead one in his mouth! 

Many other people headed further north to have lunch overlooking Lake Superior but we decided to take the hour drive back and have lunch closer to home plus there were a couple other spots we wanted to check out also.

Day 4 - Tuesday - Hayward

I just loved this little truck they had parked there, perfect for our family of Packer fans!

So as many of you know we have family Olympics. Tuesday was the declared Olympic day to try to get most of the events completed. It started with 6 on 6 volleyball at 11am.

 Then went to 4 on 4 after that...….

This is the picture of the moment that Samantha went down.....she stepped on my uncles foot as she was coming down and just sprained her ankle.

 But she went down and total pain! Every reacted the way they needed to, it was kinda awesome to see everyone come together and take responsibility. My dad ran and got his truck, Scott ran to get their id's and insurance stuff, Holly calmed her down, someone brought her water and crackers b/c she felt she was going to get sick, mom took a very scared Boston, I took a crying Jordan and my kids away from the situation. She ended up being at the ER for a couple hours and came back with a brace for a sprained ankle...it's still swollen and hurts her!
They did however, finish the game with a substitute! :)

We have 'beer' pong as another game and don't forget, everyone is tiered based on talent so you play against the other team members who are on the same tier as you! :) This is serious business.

 Presley didn't want to participate in the games, but she did want to hit the volleyball around.

There was always a crowd for all of the games, especially the bean bag games and side tournaments that we had!

 I actually played beer pong really well and I don't ever play!

 At 2 pm, we all met up for the water balloon toss! Presley was in charge of taking pictures and she did a great job!

My daddy was my partner. Everyone lines up, throws the balloon back AND forth and then everyone takes a step back and repeats!

 Steve and Holly were partners...they usually win and they came in 2nd place.

 Then we had the egg relay.....again, Presley had the camera and did great taking pictures!

 We got a picture of my cousin Chris, pickin out his hair to get the fro we wanted to see! :)

 We had a toast to my grandparents, so sweet and sad but still awesome that we still all get together!

 I am not sure he knows how to play bags quite yet!