Door County 2014

We try to take a trip to Door County at least once a year.  We LOVE Door County!  The beach is beautiful, they are super dog friendly, and we love to hike the trails.

love the doggy heads out the window

Marley thought she was the driver

Had to make a quick stop for an Oprah Chai.  Yummy!

This year was especially exciting because it was Remi's first time enjoying the great outdoors in Door County.  We were a little worried about bringing her with because she still wasn't walking great on a leash for us and she wasn't a big fan of swimming.

Lovin' life in Door County

Well she proved us wrong!  Not only did she start swimming on her own, she also hiked a difficult trail through Peninsula State Park without stopping once!  That means she had to climb rocks, which did give her a bit of hesitation, but in some spots, she was pulling me along.

Waiting for her sisters

The water was FREEZING!

We did a little shopping and got a few things for the house.  We had some great meals out (minus one terrible experience!  Don't go to the Log Den, their service was the worst ever!).

We've been doing this every year and we always feel like we should stay for longer.  We are even considering getting a pop up camper!  I'm not a huge fan of camping, but it would be much more affordable and I think it would make it easier for traveling with the dogs.  We will see!

We saw this while we were eating lunch...  Hilarious!

Marley was hopping through the water like a kangaroo!

 The dogs slept for two days straight after getting back!  They were so worn out!!

Exhausted!

Can't wait for next year!

life lately

things have been so crazy busy for me these last few weeks!

my niece and nephew came to visit for a week.  my dad has been inviting me to many Brewer's games.  i have started helping to take over WBTR (wisconsin boston terrier rescue).  i've been helping my husband more with his business.  there have been many trips out to the lake, especially now that i've found my new love for paddle boarding.  i've decided to sign up to start selling norwex.  i've formed a new passion for working out, and even running.

all of these things are SUPER exciting, but extremely time consuming.

i haven't even been able to start a new book in the last two weeks!

i'm hoping to get back on track with blogging because it's fun to keep track of all of the fun things i've been doing in my life.  i love to look back at old posts and see all of the wonderful blessings i have in my life.

pontooning

last summer we weren't able to make it out to the lake very often because we were building the house.  we are very lucky that mark's mom lives on a lake close by and we try to make it out there as often as possible.

last week, we were able to make it out for our first afternoon at the lake.  the dogs had a BLAST swimming and then we took them out on the boat.

we didn't bring Vito along because we weren't sure how he would do at the lake.  but all the girls had a great time.

Remi got to go for her first ride on the pontoon!  i don't think she ever got a chance to go for a ride on it last year.  she doesn't love riding in the car, so i didn't think she would like the boat.  but she actually seemed to enjoy herself.  even took a little snooze towards the end.

i know Remi had tried swimming last year and didn't love it.  the results were the same this year.  haha

hoping we can make it out for many pontoon and jet ski rides this summer!