Report from Isanti, June 2024

Another fun time at Granny and Grandpa's house in Minnesota...

While my father-in-law and I were taking my oldest to a month-long Spanish immersion camp, my children made friends with the cats and did some rowing on the lake at Granny and Grandpa's house.

Simon and son

Cuddling the other cat

So much fun!

Kayaker

Switching boats

A happy sailor

Coming in for a landing

One last shot on the lake

There were some other activities that I never got a report on...

Random harp playing?

The next day I got out in the canoe with Grandpa to check on a geocache they have hidden. My daughter did some more kayaking, just for fun.

Cruising German Lake

Later, we went on a geocaching and playground odyssey that took us to some fun spots.

A fun spot for the youngest

Back at the house with a cat in the yard

The chickens in the yard

We ran some errands in Elk River and I did more geocaching. I discovered the most amazing Little Free Library ever--Bag End! 

The path to the hobbit hole

The front door

Inside

Opening the door activated a gizmo that started playing the Hobbiton theme music from the movies. 

Back at the grandparents, the kids helped to build a life-size yeti cutout to either draw closer or scare away Bigfoot-type creatures. Or maybe just to scare away unwanted visitors. The project involved blowing up a smaller outline and then cutting it out of several pieces of wood.

Bigfoot needs a bigger foot

Almost finished

The grandparents took the kids strawberry picking, which resulted in a lot of strawberries being brought to the house. 

Only part of the collection

To use up some, we made strawberry shortcake.

Macerating the strawberries

Shortbread

Portions for the freezer

It was a great visit and we look forward to the next one!