Labor Day

Last Monday, we headed to my grandparents' lake cabin northeast of Fergus to "winterize" things and get the lifts and dock out. The guys in the family did a wonderful job with the heavy lifting and maneuvering to get everything out safely. They were assisted at one point by 2 very brave young women who helped move the dock board sections out. Each of these sections were full of creepy-crawly spiders, but these brave gals kept lifting anyway! Here's the after-picture to prove they survived the gross spider encounters.

Speaking of Shelley and Carrie, here they are playing with CJ in the water. Shelley was skipping rocks and since she made it look so effortless, CJ thought he should do it too. He had less success than Miss Shelley, but it made for a cute picture anyway. Haha! I also found some wild daisy-type flowers growing on the shoreline, so thought I should include those too. Pretty!

Part of putting away all the summer gear included moving the picnic tables back up to the shed area. Grandpa, being the creative tinker-er that he is, figured out a way that took the lifting out of the process completely. Tie a rope around 2 of the bottom posts of the table and hitch that up to the back of the riding mower and wah-lah! Those picnic tables were moved in record time! Here are a couple pictures of that crafty solution in action!

More Labor Day pictures to come in the near future!