Indian Lake

Josh's family vacation with the Mosher side is to Indian Lake, NY, located in the Adirondack Mountains. To show you the family history let me tell you how long they've been going there. Let's start with the youngest and progress...Annabelle's 2nd year, my 4th year, Josh's 27th year, his parents 35th year, and if his grandmother went it would have been about her 60th year! They even honeymooned there! Grandma's dad, Josh's Great-grandpa, started hunting there in the 30s...so as you can see there is a lot of tradition.


For many of those years the Mosher family has stayed at Smith's Cottages. Smith's has been able to keep up with the ever increasing size of the Mosher family. Not only are there a lot of people but we do a lot! We hike, climb mountains, go out on the boat, water ski, jet ski, tube, and relax in and around the water. This year we did a lot together as a family. We had a clam/rib bake, fish fry (where the young boys caught most of the fish), Ice cream night, hobo dinner, and a potluck (leftovers).


One of my favorite things to do is girls day! All the girls go to The Main Street Ice Cream Parlor, an old fashion soda fountain since 1893, in Chestertown, NY. I can honestly say I get the best tuna melt I have ever had there every year! In the past the girls have then gone pottery shopping, but this year a few of us went to Lake George and did some outlet shopping.

The Wilson Girls

Here is a video of our times with the Wilson Family.

Microsoft Movie Maker

Josh found this movie maker on our computer last night and within an hour had created this movie. I still had to upload it to YouTube because Blogger takes forever uploading videos, but as you will see it is pretty cool. I actually started crying in the middle and cried until it ended. It is amazing how our little girl has changed so much!

Breaking the Boredom

I don't know about any of you other Moms of toddlers but sometimes I feel like such a boring Mom. Huggies sent me an email this week with a link to their activity site. You can search for activities that are in your baby's age range and even activities to develop their minds and bodies.
We tried this activity off of the website it is called Scratch and Sniff Necklaces. I've been thinking about turning them into magnets instead of necklaces.

Pouring the drink powder onto our fruit shapes.

Can you guess what fruits me made? LOL Our finished products

Video of us

This is what she got to do when she was all done!

Shaking and Sharing

Last night before dinner Josh was learning a new song on his guitar when Annabelle started dancing. We were cracking up because she reminded us of Elaine from Seinfeld dancing!

After dinner she had some cookies for dessert. We have been working on sharing. This kid is smart! Annabelle wants to share with Daddy, but doesn't want to give him the best cookies...check it out!

Poopy on the Potty

YES that is right, today Annabelle went poopy on the potty. We haven't been all out potty training, but we've been talking about it, practicing sitting on it, and reading books about it. Yesterday we tried and I was too late. But today I saw her face start and we rushed to the bathroom. She sat down and within seconds had gone! I will spare you the video b/c it is a lot of me screaming and cheering, and you probably don't want to see the end product. But here is a picture of her afterwards sitting on her potty. As a treat she had a YOGO Rollup, you can probably see it all over her face if you click on the picture to see it big. We put another one by the table near the potty for the next time she goes!

Best Bed and Breakfast

Well since we went up to visit Grandma and Grandpa we had to stay somewhere. We stayed at the Foxbriar Bed and Breakfast in Newfield, New York. This just so happens to be owned by Josh's Aunt Sue and Uncle Dean, and JUST so happens to be located right next door to Grandma and Grandpa....talk about convenient! We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and would recommend if you are in the Ithaca area to check them out. Here is a write up from visitithaca.com

Featuring a suite for two with private bath and a private entrance.
Enjoy the solitude of a secluded patio, our cozy greatroom, a
country cabin breakfast, and friendly Finger Lakes hospitality.

Foxbriar Bed and Breakfast

Views of the room

The private entrance

Great Grandpa Get Well

We left for the Lake a day early so we could go see Josh's Grandpa Mosher. About 16 years ago he had open heart sugery, and just two weeks ago they had to go into the vein they used from his leg, that is now in his heart and remove some plaque. There were a few complications afterwards, in fact after our visit, but we are praising the Lord that he is now back home and on the road to recovery.

Great Grandpa reading to Annabelle

Great Grandma reading to Annabelle

We also went over to Matt and Danielle's house, Josh's cousin. They live in walking distance to Grandpa and Grandma. They have 4 kids. The older two went up to the Lake with their grandparents and the twins stayed home with Matt and Danielle. It was a blessing they had stayed home this year, because they were there to take care of and care for Grandpa when he relapsed and had to go back to the hopsital.

The Daddy's with their girls

Annabelle, Holly, and Trevor

(18 months and the twins are 24 months)