Our Lake Trip 2008

We all went to Mimi and Pawpaw's house last weekend to go to the lake. That is, Lake Martin. Since we've moved away to GA, that is something that happens ever so rarely. Helen loves to swim and loves her Mimi and Pawpaw, so we left her home with a babysitter....JK. She was thrilled to see them and to go to "PawPaw's Lake!"

We all loaded up and headed out mid-morning Saturday even though the forecast said there was a 40% chance of rain. The kids were ready to go and couldn't wait to get on the boat. I don't think Helen was quite prepared for the boat ride at the speed we were going. It took her a minute to acclimate herself to the wind blowing in her face. She didn't cry, but she seemed uncomfortable. I guess we all have to learn sometime! She eventually figured it out.

We ended up in the middle of the lake, "floating" as we always do. I must admit that it's my favorite thing to do, as long as it's really really deep water. That first jump in the water was a little bit shocking. Since the sun wasn't directly shining down, the water was a little cool. But it was fun and the kids liked it. The sun peeked out an hour or so, and it was nice, but then we started to sweat! I guess it all evened out.

I'm not sure why she wanted to touch her toes, but it was funny.

Ty rode the inter tube and the knee board; Brian road the inter tube and skied.

While Brian was on his first ski run, Helen's hat flew off. Brian, the heroic daddy he is, squatted down (keeping his balance no less) and reached down for the floating hat. Had he been about a 1/4 second faster, he would have grabbed it! What a sweet daddy! He let go of the rope to go fetch it for her. When he got back into the boat after his second ski run, I explained to him that he didn't have to go get it, it was just a hat. He said, "But it was a cute hat!" Wow.

Helen and Nathan played the hardest. They nearly wore out PawPaw and Brian. Those kids played and jumped and swam with all the energy they could muster and had just a blast!

Those are Brian's legs underneath Helen. What Nathan is doing....I don't remember.

Leslie and Brian made me laugh the most, however. They started playing around on the inter tube! I've never seen two people try so hard to get on an inter tube. I think they were trying to get on at the same time, but once Leslie was on, then she helped Brian on. You can't tell from the angle, but they are all laughing hysterically. If it weren't so funny, I don't think it would have taken them so long to get on! LOL.

Once they both finally made it, they played like they were five and on a see-saw, rocking it up and down. And then......they flipped. So much for the hard work. I laughed and laughed!

It started to thunder and lightening later in the afternoon, while Ty was knee-boarding. We pulled him in and headed to the car. It was a good thing too because the kids were tired and so were we!!

Believe it or not, that Helen of mine, fought it tooth and nail to go to sleep. I'm not sure why, but she was wired. After naps, the kids took their traditional ride with Pawpaw on his tractor. It wouldn't be a visit without getting on the big tractor.

Sunday morning came fast and we went to the Opelika church for services. I forgot Helen's dress at home Friday night, but I happened to pack her a sundress for the boat trip. It looked good on her, but it was no Sunday dress. She worked it though...! LOL! She got so many compliments about her hair that I doubt anyone even looked at her dress! (Those red-heads get all the attention!)

After services we had lunch and went back to Mimi's house to pack up and visit with Mimi's parents.

Pawpaw had ice cream and Helen helped him enjoy it.

This is our Lake Trip 2008 and I am so thankful that it was a good one.