BEWARE: one of those really long posts, you have no idea how many other photos I wanted to put up here but didn't. Of course some of them didn't make the cut because I accidentally deleted them & it's too blasted exhausting getting them back on here & in any kind of order, those of you with blogs know what I'm talking about.
So each year we try to describe what it's like to camp at LBBC, we use words like, amazing, astonishing, awesome, beautiful, fun, incredible, etc.... Well I'm not even going to try anymore, all you have to do is look at some of the photos below or ask either of my children how much fun they had & you'd know exactly what draws us here each year. It's every one of those adjectives stated earlier and so much more, being able to enjoy it with family & friends is the icing on the cake! Here's to another unforgettable year!!!!!
Fireworks on Mommy's lap! Not sure how many more years this will happen so I enjoyed every second!
Fireworks were great this year, at the end Bill commented on why the fireworks team was running away from the beach area & joked about whether we should be running too - well it was because they had a huge row of fire shoot up into the sky as the finale and did it twice. At first we didn't know if it was intentional or not, very cool!
Being silly is so much fun, Brie with her precious Ashley, oh and Ryan too :)!
Okay, so why this pic? Well apparently while Mommy was off shopping in the gift shop, Conner took it upon himself to climb the pole and scoot his way out onto one of the cross arms on the basketball hoop - then hang there! Reports say that Daddy never moved so fast in fear that his son would let go and break something on the concrete below! Mommy's first reaction was to praise him for his climbing ability but reason won out & instead affirmed that it's not a climbing wall & he's not in a harness so not okay. Deep down I think we're all still impressed - he he he NOTE: you will notice his partner in crime, Aubrey isn't too far behind him! Those two are peas in a pod and it's so much fun watching the two of them!
Not just the 4th of July is celebrated, but also Ayden & Conner's birthdays! These 3 lucky boys are blessed with an adventure with Nana & Papa to the north shore, more specifically Grand Marais! They get to also see bears & wolves, can't wait to hear all about it!
Ice Cream cake on a hot day - oh yeah! Happy Birthday Ayden & Conner!
Apparently Daddy didn't stay in the safe zone for very long, or rather did he get dragged out of it?
Look at this triangle, Bill is rather enjoying squirting his father-in-law while Papa is taking on his grandson, in the meantime Conner is taking aim at uncle Bill! Go get em Conner!
Brienna's long range attack!
Ganging up on poor Arik!
Abbott lovin' his Nana time at the beach!
Conner so enjoyed wrestling with Thomas in the lake, he still talks of all the smack downs they had, Thomas you are the best!
These two, I don't know of anyone that can make eating chips this much fun, oh but Ashley can!
Seth & Brie lovin' on their cousin Abbott at the climbing tower
Look at that good looking Jagow crew!
Mommies got to enjoy a bit of time kayaking around the lake, it was beautiful and we came within just a few yards of a family of loons, baby loon was brown & man were those parents huge - spectacular to watch them!
Conner napping at the beach, again will miss these moments, why do they grow up so fast?
Pre-climb confidence, while he scampered up the wall last year unaided by staff (even tore his little shorts doing it) this year he reached the 3/4 mark and froze. With a little help from that amazing staffer at the top he made it over the edge. Then the coaxing game began. With zero expectations of him actually jumping from the wall onto the zip line we threw all kinds of bribes at him. Then after relaying to him that we'd take him to the new Transformers 3 movie AND let him have popcorn.... well that was too much to resist and off the wall he came!
He loved it! After watching Brie night zip line the previous evening he giggled & said he'd like to do that next. Let's leave that milestone for next year we told him! We are so proud of him, he also had a confidence boost watching his daredevil cousin Aubrey do it before him, this year the little ones rocked!
Go Brienna, she makes it look so easy, we'll have to throw her on the ropes course next year for a challenge!
Playin cards with card shark Papa!
This year's new addition, a giant Iceberg to climb! Brie scampered up it & made it look easy, Mommy on the other hand made it up only two rows of handles, next year she'll conquer it! Great job Brie, she said the sliding down is the hard part cuz you can't see the water from the top of the big triangle shaped iceberg! 
Conner loving picking on his Papa in the water!
The girls pretty much just ran amuck this year, they were on their own and loving every moment of it. Was hard to believe our little peanut is old enough for that, apparently so!
Way to go Brie, surfing away, another new addition to LBBC this year, man this place just has everything, you just can't beat it!
Conner's turn!
Alex how we love you so! He was chilling out under the tent at the beach with the rest of us!
Conner, Seth, & Ayden - our handsome beach bums!
Conner loved the slide this year, in the past he would attempt it only once or twice, not this year, over & over & over again - Amanda & Mommy even took a turn as well! Have to say it is a lot of fun!
Seth showing us he too can take the waves, these boards were such a hit!
Jared out fishing, he & Steve have an obsession for fishing in common, I see a bunch of fishing adventures in their future!
Amanda to Ayden's rescue from the paddle boats!
Ashley & Ryan, look how cute they are!
Yep, this is the paddle boat crew that Ayden had to be rescued from!
Abbott chilling with Amanda!
Wish you could hear Abrams adorable voice via photos, he had quite the story to tell Ashley & it was LONG! Oh how we adore you little man!
