The Rocks of Lake Superior

It was a beautiful holiday weekend and we knew it was time to head to the lake for some rock-throwing.  Caleb and Kai love throwing rocks in the water.  They'd do it for hours if we let them.  As it was, we managed to last almost an hour, which is pretty good.  In between every "Be careful!" and "Step back!" and "Don't do that!  You almost hit him in the head!" we managed to enjoy a lovely morning and successfully dump a lot of rocks back into Lake Superior :)

Taking pictures while maneuvering the rocky terrain was not easy, especially with my big belly in the way of getting positioned for good shots.  But in between every "Watch your step!" and "Slow down!" and "Eli, grab him!" I managed to sit back far enough and avoid having a child fall into the water.

It was a lot of fun, but I've vowed to never take the boys to the lake by myself for the rest of the summer.  This pregnant mama simply can't keep up with both of them in a place like this.  But Eli was with us, as well as my friend Steph who was visiting for the weekend.  We were 3-on-2, which was a fantastic ratio!

My friend Steph drove up from Des Moines for the weekend and it was a delight to have her here!  She is a friend of ours from Bethel, and she and I were both in grad school at Wheaton at the same time too.  I love and respect her a ton.  She has been a blessing and joy to us for several years and now our kids adore her too, even if Caleb mispronounced her name as "Stem" the whole weekend :)

We'll be leaving Duluth later this year, which will be good in the sense that we feel like our allotted time here is coming to a close.  But we'll miss it too.  We'll miss these opportunities to play by Lake Superior, and we'll miss the incredibly gorgeous surroundings.  It's a thin chance that Caleb, let alone Kai, will ever remember this place, so we're thankful for photos that capture some memories from our time here.  Our boys love it here, and we hope and pray that they'll grow a love for every place we find ourselves living throughout the years, because there will be many places for us to live as a family.  Duluth was a good place to start, though.

Yep, it was a good place to start.  We feel blessed to have called Duluth "home" for the past four years!