We went to the lake last weekend and had such a great time! It was so relaxing and fun to all be together. There is no internet or cell phone service and it's glorious...sometimes we really just need to disconnect. We got to the lake on Thursday evening and left Saturday afternoon after naps. The lake was calm and beautiful for us the whole time. I love the lake any time, but I especially love it when there aren't 10 million other boats out there.
Watts family (minus Abby, who was sleeping on the dock) playing in the water on our first night there.
I thought Hannah looked as cute as a button. Her hair is getting longer. :)
My two littlest babies were matchy matchy. Abby didn't actually get in the water....she just stayed in the shade on the dock, but I think she enjoyed being there with us. :) (And it made us happy to be with this chair again! We sent it from our house to the lake house a couple months back when we got new furniture. Nanie gave it to us when we got married after she had used it for years, and it's incredibly comfy, so we're glad we're getting to keep it around!)
These girls had so much fun playing in the water. They would ask if they could get in the water the second they stepped foot on the dock.
Jacob gave Hannah this fun boat for her birthday that the girls liked playing in, although they haven't yet mastered rowing.
We had fun jet skiing too! Emily and Claire especially looooved it. They would go for a jet ski ride every chance they got. Claire would say "I want ride jet ski." She'd tell her Daddy to "Go fast." Hannah took a few rides each day but was a little nervous riding and was just as happy playing in the water or in the orange boat.
We got to take a tubing ride on Thursday night. Bert rode with Hannah and I rode with Emily. Emily and I made up a tubing song while we were bouncing along. We had fun!
Abby had some good naps in the rock-n-play on the dock. No worries - we have a smaller life jacket on the way from Amazon!
Caught Claire smiling and cutting her eyes at her Daddy. She loves him.
On Friday night Jacob ate dinner with us and spent the night. The girls were so excited about getting to spend time with him.
Mimi took the big kids out on the porch to read some books while we waited for it to get dark enough to read catch lightening bugs.
Those lighting bugs were fast little things. Hannah was the only kid to catch one...she was really good at spotting them even when they weren't lit up. Bert caught many....the kids got super excited every time he caught one.
Love.
This was Papa's job while everyone else went out to catch lighting bugs.
Mimi and Papa recently got bunk beds for the lake house and the kids have been SO excited about getting to sleep in them. Seriously, I think they were just as excited about this bed as they were about playing in the water. That night, Bert and I had Jacob, Emily, Hannah and Abby in the room with us and believe it or not we all 6 slept great (Claire was in Mimi and Papa's room).
We had a fun weekend at the lake and we're looking forward to a couple more lake trips before the summer's over!
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