A break from reality....and the sewing machine

I am on the second to last day of my vacation at Lake Chelan.  This has been the second time I've been to Lake Chelan in the spring, and I LOVE it.  It's so quiet and peaceful, and since it is so late in the spring (almost Memorial day, afterall!) it is still warm and sunny, and perfect laying-on-the-beach weather.  Or if you asked my daughter, perfect sandcastle making weather.  She would know.

This is the view from the condo's balcony (with the help of a really cool photomerge thingy in Photoshop):

We had a fun weekend with friends, and now its just me, Maddy and the hubby.  I am beginning to feel withdrawals from my sewing machine, which I haven't been able to use since last wednesday, but I am feeling excited to get back and start on a few new projects for the Market and for the website. 

I'll let you in on a little fun fact....this is where I got married.  Almost 9 years ago.  That's crazy.  In the very left corner of the picture, off in the distance are some trees next to a little fish pond (which happens to be nearly empty right now, they fill it for the summer months) - this is where the ceremony was.  In the middle of the picture there are bushes around some utility thingamabobs...in front of those, on the grassy side, is where the  reception was.  It rained a little, and we danced in the rain, but I didn't care, I was married!  I almost ran into the lake afterwards, dress and all....but for some reason we didn't. 

Here's a couple of other fun pictures from our week:

view from our lunch table at my FAVORITE burger place - Lakeview Drive In.  However, my family affectionately calls it the "Hole in the wall"  I think my mom started it - because it really is just this little burger place.  Established in '57 - they serve Fries in a bucket, complete with MSG! :)  What could be better than that.

Miss Maddy sitting in a tree....she liked hugging the tree.  What can I say.

Can you spot the little piggy that escaped the shoe?  Maddy came running up to me...."my toe, Mama! my toe!"  I wasn't sure what was wrong, until I saw that her little piggy was trying to escape!

On our first day, we arrived around 6pm, we unloaded our cars, and headed to the beach!  The day was slowly slipping away, but the water was calling to us.  Maddy had to dip her toes in, and so did Mama and Tina! 

And one last picture for now...Maddy on "Maddy's Beach" as she likes to call it.  She's wearing her new bucket hat, something I tried out for her, and hope to be making more to add to the online shop and the markets.

We have one more day of sun ahead of us, and then we pack up and head home on Thursday.  Back to rainy western Washington, and back to my sewing machine!  Oh how I've miss you.