If You Build It They Will Come~

If you build it...They will come.  Or better yet, in our case if you buy it (with plans to rebuild it and retire in it) they will come.  That is our secret plan...our kids will never want to leave.  Call it what you want, the cabin, the lake, up north...it all means the same thing...togetherness.  We bought our "dream" 4 years ago on the shores of the beautiful Lower South Long Lake.  As we go into summer #5 we know that our kids will keep coming back.  It's not a question of "if" they can come for the weekend, it's "how many nights" they can stay!   My husband and I both grew up spending summers on the water. It became very evident to us that we needed to continue  this lake life tradition into not only our kids lives but someday our grandchildren's lives.  Well, so far so good.  We have met the most amazing neighbors who have turned into friends through boating, campfires, s'mores and many starry nights.  We looked at so many houses on so many lakes, but as soon as we walked into the house on South Long Lake we knew this was it!

Not only was our underlying intent of buying the cabin for our kids, but for extended family and friends as well...
Our "secret plan" is in motion.
4 years in and 4 family reunions later...
The same weekend every summer...
25guests (and getting bigger every year!).
boats.
jetskis.
bikes.
toys.
tents.
campers.
campfires.
food.
dogs.
babies.
family!

We have made so many incredible memories in so few years that we can't even to begin to imagine what's to come.  Our best memory yet...
our now son-in-law asking our daughter to marry him on her 23rd birthday on the dock at sunrise.  This happened during our 3rd annual Family Weekend!  Every weekend we are there we are making new memories.  It is very rare that you will find that the weekend is "just us".  Although we do cherish the quiet weekends we have there, they are few and far between.  We welcome everyone and friends of everyone...our door is always open and that makes us happy! Lake Life Is Good😊