Labor Day Getaway

This weekend was an absolute blast! Our friend Colleen and her boyfriend Chris invited Daniel, Jenn, Rich and I to Chris' parents lake house on Seneca Lake. It was absolutely beautiful. His parents were super nice and we ate really well! We went on their boat a few times, which if you know me, made my entire month! I LOVE LOVE LOVE being on boats and doing anything beach/lake related. So much fun! Here are some pictures I snapped over the weekend:

View of the doc

Jenn and I

Pics of the lake

My handsome husband

It was SO much fun. For breakfast one morning we had Side Pork Bacon, DELISH! Colleen and Chris also made us bbuckwheat applesauce pancakes with homemade maple syrup!! OMG! They were SERIOUSLY the best pancakes I've ever eaten in my life.

You just get buckwheat pancake mix and put in 1 cup of applesauce to every 2 cups of pancake mix. How simple is that?? They were SO amazing. They served it with cut up bananas and mango! I didn't snap a picture though unfortunately, but I'm going to try to make them myself soon!

During our stay we did visit The Windmill which is a HUGE outdoor/indoor market. They sell everything from produce to jams, mustard's, BBQ sauces, wines, kitchen gadgets, jewelry, so many things! Lots of the little booths are run by Mennonite families, what a different culture! They're so interesting to see. I know their regular people, but it's so interesting to see how differently they live their lives than we do. You can tell the women are working women, their hands were so muscular! Jenn and I are talking about going back once Fall hits. We can't get enough! I bought some flavored pasta, it was a little expensive ($8 for a lb) but it smelled SO GOOD! I got a half a lb of Roasted Garlic and Basil and a half lb of Roasted Onion and Garlic, I can't wait to make it!! I also got a really pretty ring handmade with a "Cancer" sign on it. I didn't like the Virgo one so I got Daniel's sign instead of my own. (Is it weird that every man I've ever dated is a Cancer? I don't really follow astrology like that, but it's kinda funny.)

We also did some wine tasting at the local wineries along Seneca Lake. One of them was call Four Chimney's winery. It's the first organic winery every in the US. I bought a red semi dry wine called "Eye of the Bee." Tasted SO GOOD! They said that because they're organic grapes and low in sulfates, you won't get a "wine hangover' cause Lord knows those are the worst! There's virtually no hangover with organic wines! I also bought a couple other wines including "Jammin Red" from Glenora Winery and William Vigne from Fulkerson Winery. I'm a sucker for the sweet ones!

All in all, it was a super fun weekend! Daniel and I have decided that if if ever won the lottery, we're going to buy a boat, jet ski's and a house on the lake! Wishful thinking, I know. A girl can dream!