The Carlson Family

Did some photos for the Carlson's up at Deer Lake before we took off. Denny and Sue have been longtime family friends and have always graciously opened their doors to us. I have spent many, many days hunting and fishing with my dad and Denny and some of my greatest childhood memories are up at and around Deer Lake.

It was great to have the whole family there. Gretchen lives in the southeast metro, Angie lives in NYC, Eric and his family recently moved back to Hibbing and Libby and her family live in Brainerd (at the lake for the summer, however).

It was my pleasure to take a little time to capture some special photos for them in the most special place in their hearts...The Hideaway.

Up North

What a little adventure I had on my hands the other night!! Mommy, daddy, Sogn and I headed north for SGLC at Deep Portage near Hackensack. We got there and unloaded and then daddy and I took Sogn up to Deer Lake where Gma and Gpa are for a few weeks. It was a great night and I went right down on the sand and started playing. I just loved the sand and water. Even in this sequence of photos, I was trying out the sand...just for the record...doesn't taste too good!!

We stayed the night at the cabin. We went for a boatride and sat on the swing for quite a while!! It was a great time. We went back to Deep Portage and it was great to see mommy. We are all headed back to Deer Lake next week. Daddy and I were walking outside last night and saw a deer. She was just walking around and eating. We snuck around this corner and she walked right by us. I kept saying, "buck, buck, buck". Daddy was very proud of me!

We even all wore our new Crocs when we went on a walk in the woods. It was a great walk, but the mosquitoes were really bad! I got a couple bites, but I really don't even know what's happening. Mommy and daddy keep a good eye on me!