July 2014: #SeekelCabinWeek2014

My favorite week of every year just happened! Yep...Seekel Cabin Week was another great week spent with family and fun! Every year, my Dad's brother Bob and his family (Bob, Judy, Todd, Jimmy, Logan, Holly, Chris, Hannah (& Hunter joined us too!), Sarah & Rachel) rent a place and spend a week on North Long Lake with my family (my parents, Brady, and me and Michael and our girls). It's just great. Seriously Great. Why is it great, you ask?? Well...allow me to share:) 

We pack a lot of stuff. And we send each other pictures on our way to the cabin competing to see who has the most stuff in their cars.

[This year] we all stay in the same house. That's 18 of us living, breathing, sleeping, and snoozing under the same roof!

We hang out with family. All Week. And we somehow all manage to get along too!! 

We wake up to views like this:

We celebrate great milestones, such as Adelyn's 3rd Birthday and Bob & Judy's 50th Wedding Anniversary (congrats to them!)

And we realize it takes a family to help a girl learn to ride her new bike!

We take trips to Nisswa for ice cream and shopping

We enjoy a morning out for some Caribou Coffee together...

We swim and play (and lay!) in the lake...a lot...

We go on boat rides...

We soak up the sun...

And people waterski and tube (Brady finally nailed skiing this year! Yay Brady!!)

We have late night bonfires complete with smores, and pies!

and we fish. A lot. (I don't actually fish, but other people fish every day - even if it means getting up at 6am to do so!)

We only have to cook once a week (each family takes a day to make breakfast and dinner for the entire group) and we eat really good food! 

We go to Zorbaz for a "night out"...

And evidently we fly kites. Scratch that. We TRY to fly kites.

Did I mention we hang out with family? - and did I mention I feel so completely blessed that these people love and care for my girls a TON??

We go late night mini golfing at Pirate's Cove

And we relax, unwind, and have a super laid back week (maybe a little too laid back! bahahahaha) 

Each and every year during this week I am reminded how blessed I am to be a part of such an incredible family who continually holds the importance of being together when we can. We had beautiful weather at the lake, enjoyed our time together, and got the much needed vacation that we all probably needed (and everyone needs in life!).

Can't wait to see what #seekelcabinweek2015 might bring!