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Dead Lake Vacation 2017

Again I find myself way behind on my blog updates, but here's a start! We attempted this year's annual Dead Lake family vacation beginning last Wednesday (21st). Brynn really wanted to stay in Fargo to go to her swim lesson that day, so Clara and Daddy headed out ahead of us and we came after lessons. We knew the weather wasn't supposed to be great, so on Thursday we packed in all the fun! Ha. Friday we were already headed back to Fargo. Although we weren't there for as long as we have been in the past, the time we spent there was fun and we're again thankful to Dana's parents for letting us stay there.

First up on Thursday was the strawberry patch, of course! 












After we got back we did some fishing and Brynn out-fished everyone which has seemed the norm for her this summer. She baits her own hook and takes off her own fish...barehanded! I was pretty impressed.





We weren't fishing long before we got hot and hungry, so we hit up Zorbaz on Otter Tail Lake for lunch.






I spy a little person looking out the window. :-)





On our way out on Friday we had to make a stop at Ellie's Antiques to see what she had this year.


Ellie just gave an antique doll to Clara! She's so great.


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theweckerlys said…
Awesome pics! What fun traditions!
June 30, 2017 at 11:25 PM
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