We got to enjoy the cottage for 4 more whole days.

It felt like summer the entire time we were there.

It was fabulous.

Watching the frog that they caught.

Swimming.

Did I mention that it was October!?!?!  Ya, Best Thanksgiving weather EVER!

collecting walnuts to throw at stuff.  That's how we roll...

Another frog discovered.

I have to admit that I am not a huge fan of sparklers.  Don't tell the rest of my family, cause I think I'm the only one that doesn't like them.

Thomas the train has made a huge comeback in the past month.

This photo was seriously taken this past weekend....I can hardly believe it myself.

The kids found a turtle.

Love the dirt on their faces.....

We did Thanksgiving up this weekend.  Had turkey dinner (we cooked it on the bbq....so good!) with L, N and the girls.  We played, swam, played some more, it was a perfect weekend.  James had a meeting in the midst of the perfection, that was not so perfect......but that's how it goes, right....ebb and flow, or something like that.  It all comes back to this....

....and whatever bullshit we have to put up with to get back to that, we'll deal with.

That's the hope anyways.