More fun with the Statemas

We did some kayaking (Parker and Wyatt)

I love this picture of Wyatt helping Mason get his skis on at sunset

Mason skiing off the boom

a pic from my phone taken one morning when the boys were playing up in the bunk room

This was actually some wrestling in the water between Mason, Wyatt and Parker while Blake played his own game 

On a side note: Sadie was such a trooper with all the testosterone around that week but she knew her good friend Elle was coming the day after Statemas left, so that helped get her through! She really is such a girlie girl!

The next day when we went back to my in-laws beach, the duck families started coming back for more food. This was the 'nice' family with the youngest ducklings....

..and then the 'bully' family of older ducklings tried to muscle their way in and take the food from the little ducklings...so Mason and Wyatt took it upon themselves to give those bully ducks a taste of their own medicine (Disclaimer: No ducks were harmed in the making of these photos)

Wyatt and Mason had laser-like focus on getting these ducks while Sadie and Parker were focused on feeding and nurturing the babies---love the different personalities each of these kids has.

It ended up being a cooler day so we headed into town to show the Statemas the candy store....

and the fudge shop, Tremblays

..where we got to watch some milk chocolate fudge being made and learn how they do it.

This lady pours all the warm ingredients on a cooled marble slab and stirs them together while they are cooling...it's amazing to see how close it gets to the edge yet it never goes over...she's been doing this for over 10 years and said it took her awhile to get the hang of it but of course, now it looks so easy!

This made my day! There have been rumors for YEARS that Eagle River was going to get a Starbucks. There are a few coffee shops in town but they open at like 8am and randomly close at odd times (classic small town businesses--which is mostly endearing but NOT when you are really looking forward to a cup of Joe!)

This new place isn't an official Starbucks but does brew Starbucks and even makes all the espresso and frappuccino drinks, just like many of the places in hotel lobbies. And thankfully it tasted the same too!

Then we headed to Soda Pops for an early dinner....and Mason chose Zombie Brain Juice for his drink!

One happy crew!

A seriously crazy bunch!

And then, thanks to Jamie, when we got home he broke out the candy cigarettes that he had bought at the candy store. It was actually quite hilarious because the candy store has every kind of candy you can think of (from our childhoods) and this is the one that I always tell the kids I won't get. But of course Jamie went there--and thought it would be hilarious to get a picture of he and all the kids 'smoking' them. 

Julie and I were cracking up....they all look a bit too natural at it and seemed to enjoy it too much...hmmmmm.

(Look closely at each kids' face)