A Day at the Lake

We are lucky enough to have some friends that have a nice boat and are friendly enough to loan it to us on occasion. Thursday was one of those days.

The day started out with thunderstorms and The Husband and I were pretty sure the lake plans were going to have to be cancelled. We dropped the kids off at VBS, went out to breakfast, did some shopping at Target, took my car in for service and new tires .... all the while feeling quite sad about the rain. By about 11am it was time to head over to pick up the kids and the weather seemed to be letting up a bit. We went on in to the church and spent about an hour watching the end of the VBS fun. When we walked out of the church at 12:30 it was the MOST glorious day!

We rushed home, packed a cooler and changed clothes, then headed to the lake and prayed the weather would hold up.

It turned out to be better than we could have hoped for. We hit the water by 1pm and didn't get back into the car until about 9. We are all sunburnt but it is well worth it!

The sky alone was so glorious I had to take some pictures of my view from the layout pad on the boat (YES .... I spent MOST of my time laying out with my iPod and/or a great book I'm reading by my favorite author/pastor).

Everyone (except me) took a turn at the wheel.
The kids enjoyed some swimming and tubing. We enjoyed cruising the shoreline looking at the shops, condos and houses. At the end of the day, we parked in the harbor for an outdoor lakeside concert. We had a long day of just us and then suddenly found ourselves surrounded by other boaters wanting to catch the music too. The people watching was quite interesting to say the least. The sunset cruise back to the marina where we were parked was a peaceful, perfect ending to a great day!

Vacation Bible School

Buddies

Fishing Tournament

Bubby and his Daddy got rained out of a fishing tournament last Saturday. They came home soaked and freezing. I made them pause just long enough for me to get a couple of pictures.

Bubby headed straight to a hot shower after I snapped these.

Oh yeah .... and you can see his new haircut in these too. I like it MUCH better than the longer style he has held on to for the last couple of years. He didn't exactly decide to get it all chopped off either. We got a B.A.D. haircut the other day at a new barbershop in town. After a repair cut that wasn't much better, we went elsewhere and had to hack it all off. He was quite upset at first but has since decided he loves it. I sure do.

Father's Day Dinner

We met my family for dinner tonight to celebrate Father's Day since my Dad is leaving town on Sunday. We had a nice night.

My precious parents

Fancy and her sweet cousin (My Sister's baby "I")

She is 18 months old now ... growing like a weed - especially her HAIR!

"I" and her lime

The artist at work

Here she is toddling around outside
And I just HAD to get a shot of that long hair ... I swear Fancy was ATLEAST 5 years old before she ever had hair that long.Here is one last pic of me and Fancy with her

Better Make Some Plans

I am going to have to get on the ball with some summer plans or my boy's brain is going to turn to mush!!

This scene is becoming all too familiar these days (and yes, I do mean both the boy & his playstation AND the messy living room).

Grandpa's Box

I ordered this book from Amazon to read with my kids this summer. It came Monday and I decided to take it to work with me that night to do a little browsing through before the kids and I dive in.

I read 11 chapters.

I could N.O.T. put it down.

I can't wait to read it to them.

Thanks for the idea Cyndi!

Summer Is Here!!!

Here are some random thoughts hanging around in my brain:

~We are done with school!

~I survived my first year of homeschooling.

~I couldn't have imagined a better year.

~I have already bought almost all the curriculum we will use next year.

~I can't wait.

~I'm hooked.

~I'm so blessed.