Sweet July Nights: Cabin by the Lake

This Memorial Day weekend we packed up our friend Chris' SUV and headed up north to St. Germain, WI. (dontchyaknow) to spend the weekend doing something that I like to call......... "GLAMPING". Here is the reason why:

*WE STAY IN A CABIN*

Yes a cabin which happened to have: running water (Yay hot showers!), heating/AC, beds, T.V., full out kitchen, a bathroom, yada yada yada!!! In other words we camped in style....... also known to me as "GLAMPING"!

Isn't it so cute?!?!

What with all it's rustic charm, bear/eagle statues, picnic table, and a bright blue Weber grill that I so desperately wanted to take home with me!!

The lake was literally like twenty feet away from the cabin.........

.......with an awesome bonfire area that was like two feet away.

The campfire was blazing so hot the first night that Chris and Scott were tempted to drag the chairs out to sit in the water. Me on the other hand.......I wanted to drag those puppies into the back of Chris' SUV (along with the Weber grill) to use around our future bonfire at home (which is still in the works BTW. You can read about it HERE!).

Here is the view from the boat:

Speaking of a bonfire.....the guys absolutely wasted no time finding branches and sticks to use in the pit that night!! Oh did I say branches and sticks?!?! What I really meant to say was they wasted no time dragging in a whole dang tree. HA! These guys don't mess around when it comes to campfires!!

My little "redneck" looked so cute at work!!

This is so funny to me. During the week you can find him wearing khakis and a golf polo, but on the weekends you'll find him strutting his John Deer hat, college football sweater, and holey worn out "work" jeans.......oh and because of the occasion he was even wearing special (3D?) fishing glasses. Which is the perfect camping wardrobe (do I even dare use this word?) according to my main squeeze. HA!

After about thirty minutes we had enough wood ~~to build a house~~ to use in the first night. Ya! Can you believe this was only one nights worth?!?!

I wanted to get a cute "woodsy" picture of us by the lake. I had the whole photo shoot planned out in my head. Just picture us both wearing something flannel (matching perhaps lol) sitting on the pier with the lake and woods behind us........maybe even some ducks thrown somewhere in there too. Um ya......the "plan" did not work out so much. My husband cringes at the thought of me taking out "Mr. Sexy Cannon" let alone hearing the word "photoshoot".......forgetaboutit. Such a party pooper (picture me sticking my tongue out here!).

This is the best we could do:

Classy.....Ya not so much. But you know what?!! I love them. I love that they show the "real" us! The goofy.....fun loving....comfy clothes wearing (hey and we even match. HA!)....beer drinkin "us"! Yup we both are just two big kids at heart!!

So I didn't push "photoshoot" so much the rest of the weekend!! Therefore there is an abundance of Scott pictures during this post........and maybe two of me.

Disclaimer: This isn't typical Scotty. I mean it is.........but yet it isn't. He doesn't ever smoke cigarettes, just cigars and if so it's usually on trips like these or when hanging out with a bunch of guys. He likes drinking beer.....but he also enjoys a nice glass of wine or a dirty martini straight up. He even enjoys using Aveda products just as much as I do (maybe even slightly more).....oh and has a much bigger wardrobe than I do (I'm embarresed over here!). Ya so even though he looks like a typical "hillbilly" in these pictures...... he's really just a big mishmash of everything and anything. Just wanted to clarify that. HA!

So I finally installed the instagram app to my phone a few weeks ago. I don't know what I was waiting for........I love it. I am definatelly HOOKED!

Warning: Instagram photos ahead!

Speaking of being "hooked"........the very next morning we headed out fishing. I haven't fished in such a long time (Actually Scott introduced me to the fishing world back when we first started dating. I even have a funny fishing story too......doesn't everyone that fish?!?!) On this trip 2hotty caught some fish! Me on the other hand......I fed the fish (and why YES I do have a fishing license!! The Wisconsin girl in me has definitely coming out more and more as the years go on. HA!)

I had everything I needed that beautiful brisk morning.

A great cup of coffee, a magazine, my camera (and phone)........and just a awesome AWESOME view of the LAKE!!

A view of the lake from the boat:

The fish weren't really biting at all!! We figured the may flies had already hatched therefore the fish were too full to bother with our bate.

Waiting for the "BIG ONE"

Scott managed to reel in a couple:

Not quite the "BIG ONE" but Scott caught a small Northern:

........and then later a slightly bigger Northern:

" minny and biggy"

So ya besides late night fishing while taking in all of natures beauty.............

..............the boys also braved the COLD water to do a bit of water skiing. Me.....I braved just watching them. There was NO way I was getting in the water this time of year......NO WAY!! But these two freaks......you would've thought they were swimming in the hottest beaches of Hawaii or something:

I think "someone" was starting to have second thoughts while watching Chris freeze his you know whats off in the freezing water.......note the shirt over the mouth:

Please don't kill me for posting the following pictures.
I love you..........(and you're sexy and you know it...What!! Hey!!)! ;-)

The handle from the ski rope came undone half way through Chris' turn......so his dad was able to rig it up before 2hotty's ga ve skiing a try. I didn't think it was a good idea for him to go, but he went anyway.

Gearing up:

This was 2hottys first reaction after jumping in the water!! He said it was so cold it literally took his breath away. (Does not look like a jolly ol' time to this girl......just sayin!).

And you wanna know what?!?:

The rope handle did snap beyond repair.

Ya........all of that dedication for nothing! HA!

Oh well.....there's always next time!! (and hopefully the water will be a bit warmer so I can try too!)

So YA.....besides fishing:

Boating:

Eagle spotting:

Cabin dreaming:

Bug swatting (so many and HUGE):

Casino winning:

(2hotty won nine HUNDRED dollars on a penny machine (true story!). Lucky that one I swear.

..........garage saleing, pudgy pie eating, flea market(ing?), and steak dining we waved good bye to our little cabin by the lake:

.........and headed back home on Memorial Day!

As we drove through town we watched many ceremonies taking place with an abundance of American flags waving high in the air and many soldiers standing proudly and saluting. This beautiful site gave me gooesbumps......I said a prayer......I thought of all men and women, young and old who serve our country......who give so much.....so much that some give ALL.....a sacrifice so that many can enjoy FREEDOM.