Pleasant Ridge Resort Vacation

You gotta love the Fourth of July holiday - it almost always brings a weekend of fun along with it!  And what better way to spend the holiday weekend, than with your family... up north... at a cabin... on the lake... with fireworks!?!  Oh yeah - and it was Nick's and my 9th wedding anniversary as well.  :)  So we packed up the kids and the car and took our first vacation as a family of four to the Park Rapids, MN area and stayed at a small resort called Pleasant Ridge Resort.  We rented a rustic 2-bedroom cabin on the second Crow Wing lake for 3 nights and had a great time.  We spent time down by the lake, went out for a couple afternoons on the pontoon (where both girls always fell asleep), played on the playground, had a campfire, and attended the big Park Rapids fireworks show.  With two kids so young, it was a very busy kind of vacation - not super relaxing for Nick and I, but very fun none-the-less.  We were pleased with ourselves that the vacation went so well, and proud that we are still able to do things like this with two kiddos in tow.  We are looking forward to planning more vacations like this one in the future!

Ellie learned how to climb the rock wall of the playset!

I just love the smile on her face here!

A campfire and s'mores.  (Victoria was sound asleep in the cabin.)

Trying to catch a few minutes of extra sleep one morning...

Ellie fell asleep sitting up with a cookie in her hand!

Victoria and Ellie both zonked out on the pontoon.

This is why Ellie is hard to nap with - she literally kicks you off the bed!

Victoria - our sunbathing beauty!

Ellie's favorite activity - the waterslide on the dock.

Nick and Ellie waiting for the fireworks to begin in Park Rapids.