Norris Family Reunion: Country Cottages, Lake George, NY

I still have a few more posts about our time at our family reunion in Lake George, NY last month. Once we left Rochester and got to Lake George, we spent the family reunion at the Lake George Country Cottages & Motel. I am sure there are nicer places to stay in Lake George but I really think this worked out well for our family. Some people had their own bigger 2 and even 3 bedroom cottages and others had smaller condo's or units. We stayed in a regular "motel" room but it had a little kitchenette with a fridge, sink, microwave and coffee maker and was plenty big enough for our family of four. We also were able to take advantage of my mom's cabin to cook breakfast and hang out when we needed to. There was a big grassy lawn area in the middle of the property with a pool, big gazebo, playground, fire pit, and grills. This was probably the best part and where we spent most of our time. Everyone just hung around outside and the kids had a blast playing with each other. Every night was spent making s'mores and staying up way too late drinking by the fire. It was so nice to stay up till 1 AM just hanging out with family. It is so out of my usual routine which normally includes going to bed at 9 p.m. but hey that is what vacation is for, right? We have a really big family (I think there was 49 people there) so it was hard to find a place that could accommodate us all but this ended up working out perfectly!

 

Our room was right in front of that black car

Big grassy area for the kids to play in

Lots of time spent here

These kids had so much fun playing together

silly boys!

 

lots of time spent around the fire pit

 

some of the Dad's with their babies

Still got my workouts in including a run with that lake view and a circuit with my sister

s'mores every night including that Reese's variation on the right

Couldn't go on vacation without ipads!

Everly's 1st Day of Kindergarten!

The day has arrived! This morning Justin and I dropped Everly off for her first day of Kindergarten. She is definitely ready and apparently so were we because neither of us got sappy . She was not nervous or scared to enter her classroom and went right to the seat she picked out at  Meet the Teacher night on Monday. Her teacher is Mrs. Scalise and so far she seems great. I hope she has a great day and a great school year and I can't wait to watch her learn and grow!

Last minute haircut last night and a new dress from Grandma for a perfect back to school look!

Have to get a sister pic!

So excited!

Walking our little baby in!

Weekend in Review

July was sooo crazy with vacations, birthdays and trips so I haven't done a weekend in review post in a while. Last weekend we didn't have a ton on the schedule which was really nice to have. I have a few things coming up in August as well so it is going to get busy again which made last weekend even more nice. I even managed to get in two naps, haha! On Friday night my mom and sister came over to watch the Opening Ceremony for the Olympics. The girls had their Olympics outfits on and looked so cute. Saturday morning I got up early for a solo hike. I didn't really want to go so I was proud of myself for knocking it out anyways. The trail was still a bit worn down from some of the rain but it actually made it a lot less dusty so that wasn't too bad. Shortly after I got back home we went to home depot for the August Kids Workshop. This month it was a skateboard pencil box. It turned out really cute, although I think I glued Everly's box shut so we might need to work on that. Saturday night the girls went swimming and then Sunday morning we did a little shopping at the mall. Sunday night we had dinner at my sisters while watching some Olympics which was a pretty good end to the weekend.

 

these girls are sooo cute!

 

Everly's apron is getting full!

 

A little pre-lunch park time on Saturday

Mall train!

Nora really liked the Olympics too (and drooling on me).

Cardinals Training Camp

Last Friday I had the day off so I decided to take the girls to the Arizona Cardinals Training Camp out at University of Phoenix Stadium. It is only like a 15-20 minute drive for us and Everly actually gets really into the Cardinals since Justin is a fan so I thought it would be fun. My brother-in-law Tony and niece Mae met us there. It was actually really cool to see them run some plays. They actually had pads on and everything and it was nice and air conditioned in the stadium. You could have had beer too but I didn't (although I wanted to). I think if you were a big fan it would be totally fun to just sit there and watch them practice because you just don't get to see that often. I think just the sheer massiveness of the stadium was exciting for the girls. They had fun chasing each other around and best part of all it is completely free! Well, I did buy the girls some French fries but you can totally go for free if you want! I definitely would like to take them again next year!

 

Of course we had to bust out their cheerleader dresses. Ev's was a little short though so we added leggings.

 

not too crowded at all

French Fry monsters!

I can't handle this cuteness.