Vacation by the Lake

Violet is having a blast up at our family's cottage in Northern Michigan with her aunts, uncle and cousins. Last night we went for a pontoon boat ride and she thought it was so fun! She loved standing up by the side of the boat and looking over. Maybe that was the ONE nice thing about a spica cast - it had a built in handle!

My sister, brother, Violet, my niece Anna, step-sister erin and the back end of Ethan.
Grandma and VioletViolet and Claire

Paci Rescue!!! I should have known Violet would fling her pacifier into the lake. Luckily Guy deftly manuvered the pontoon around to rescue it, and Brett used his fishing skills to fish it out of the lake.
Me n' Violet
And the spectacular sunset. My mom was just commenting that she has been coming up to the lake for 60 years now, and although the world has changed a lot, the view of the sunset never has. Here are a few pictures I took of Violet at my mom's before we left

And here is Violet playing with her cousin-dog Rio. She and Rio are best pals and Rio is fantastically gentle playing with Violet.