Fun in the Sun...and Moon.

We had one of the best times yet on the lake this weekend. We met our friends, the James family, out on the lake Friday night for pizza and boating. The best thing about going in the evening is that the that the lake is smooth and there are very few boats out. We headed out to our favorite cove and dropped anchor. The boys swam and played with causing very little trouble ( a lake miracle!). Logan skied some and was simply amazing however, we had to cut him off pretty early since we were running out of sun light. We tried to convince Cole and Lucas to ski but both gave us the big thumbs down on that idea. One of these days I'll convice Lucas to try. Kale gained some confidence in the water and actually did some free floating. Normally he makes sure that he has both hads securely wrapped around the sleeves of your life jacket or that you have your arms securely around his waist. He really doesn't like it if you aren't wearing a life jacket when you swim with him. Sometimes you can get buy with sitting on noodles or sitting on a life jacket but he complains if you aren't wearing it properly. We stayed out on the lake until 10:30 pm and the only reason we came in is because the boys were getting really tired. It was a new moon and very clear so you could see a million stars. Kale's first reaction to the seeing them all was, "Holy Cow!". Logan, Steve and I were lucky enough to see a shooting star. I know it was a first for Logan and I'm not sure I had ever seen one. Logan won't tell us what his wish was but I'm pretty sure it was for an i-pod. It was a pretty amazing, fun night. Good fun, good friends, good kids, relaxation, floating in the lake...that's living!

On Saturday the day Todd, Tawana and Austin came to visit. The boys were pretty excited for them to come. Here they are waiting for them to come up the hill.

We all went to Whole Hog Cafe, the home of award winning BBQ, for lunch. Austin was positive that it was no where near as good as what Todd cooks! After that we headed out to the lake. It was Austin's first time to ride on the boat and go tubing. Lucas and Austin tubed together and Austin said that was his favorite part. Steve yawned while he was on the tube and then he ended up wet. Don't taunt this woman driver! Here's a picture of a brief moment in time when the boys took a break from swimming.