Wednesday, August 1, 2007

The Mayle Cottage

Adam finally took a day off of work this summer and we had the opportunity to visit the Mayle's at their cottage in Port Clinton, right on the lake.
This cute little cottage has such a great history and I just don't feel I can do it justice, but briefly I will try to fill you in. The land was bought during the depression by Kirt's grandpa and he built one cottage on it, with the help of some non-carpenters that worked with him. Over the years, as his children grew up, they alternated who got to stay there during different weeks in the summer and eventually decided to build more cottages on that plot of land... one for each of the kids. Now the grandkids all have a certain cottage that they are entitled to for so many weeks each summer! Such a cute plan, and what a great way to keep the family together!

So we spent the day up there.

Cal did not like walking on the shelly beach, but he didn't like it when the sand would get stuck in his shoes either, so he just had to learn how to deal with it!
Nate and Nicholas spent some of the day in the water, and the rest of the day fishing.

Kaden is their newest addition and he is such a cutey little smiler!

Cal thought the fish were pretty funny.


All too soon, it was getting late and time to go home to ralphie... the other big baby in the family! But we had an awesome day.


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