Summer, anyone?

A typical summer day in the life of Jenica Baldwin:

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Wake up before the sun rises for an early morning bike ride around the lake. Get back an hour and a half later after 25 miles and realizing that it's only 7am and I still have the whole day in front of me.

If it's not a bike riding morning, I head down to the dock with JoAnne and my mum and jump on the boat to seek out the glassiest water in Hayden Lake for some morning slalom water skiing. Our Mastercraft's boat heater is my favorite perk.

Now that I've seized the day, it's time to realx, read, make collages, bake, watercolor paint, take Millie to the park, eat lunch out on the deck, soak up more sun, train for the triathlon, play ultimate Frisbee, or cook.

In the afternoon, we await mom's arrival back home after work and head down to the country club for a 9-hole game of golf or a family tennis match. Either way, we absolutely love the time that the five of us get to spend together.

If the weather permits, we take our dinner out on the boat & grab some games on the way for an evening out on the lake. If my buds are over, we grab the graham crackers, marshmallows, Hershey chocolate, blankets, newspaper, and matches and head down to the cabana deck for a late night bonfire - which always ends up going a lot later than we planned, but it totally okay because the night lasts forever with the best conversations.

If the weather calls for a thunderstorm, then I scream for joy and watch the lightning strike down on the lake and watch the June hail destroy my mom's potted plants. With the storm going on outside, we prepare for a Baldwin family ping-pong and pool round robin tournament.

Summer livin' at the Baldwin household is something I'm very much looking forward to.