The cottage

 We spent the week of the 4th at my Uncle John & Aunt Tami's cottage in Wautoma.  The kids always have a blast there.  It was nice having Chuck along this year.  He even got to golf every morning.  This year it was so hot that we took the pontoon boat out every night to cool off in the lake one last time before going to bed.  Here's Audrey jumping off the top of the boat.  We couldn't believe she did it without hesitating.

 She also enjoyed driving the boat

 Of course since Audrey got to drive Carter wanted a turn too.

 They enjoyed riding in the boat while Zach and Angela tubed.

 I can't even count how many times Carter jumped off the pontoon boat.  He was so funny making up different jumps every time.

 This is my favorite picture from the week.  Carter & Zach jumped together doing spiderman hands with the sunset in the background.  Zach is always so good with Carter. 

 Audrey and Ava cooling off in the sprinkler.

 Carter was so proud that he caught 2 frogs.  He put them on the deck and they sat there next to him while he ate his slushy.  One even sat in his lap for a little bit.  He eventually let them go back in the lake.

 We had our first annual Schmidt Family Triathlon.  It was hilarious to watch!  It started with a bean bag toss, then noodle bicycling (pictured above), and finished with the slip n slide.  I was a judge along with the other two preggos since we couldn't slip n slide.

 There are 6 great grand-daughters in a row

Natalie (5), Aaliyah (1), Audrey (3), Abigail (4 mos), Lydia (2) and Ava (4)

 Grandma with all 8 of her great grand children.  In the next couple of months there will be 3 more!

A trip to the cottage wouldn't be complete to Carter without making smores :)  I think he ate three that night.  He would've eaten more but we had to cut him off.  It's amazing how patient he can be when roasting marshmallows.  He does a great job of getting them golden brown on the outside and gooey on the inside.