4th of July

We spent the long Fourth of July weekend at a lakehouse with some friends.

Our family, along with Aunt A. and Unlce M. (some of our very good friends, and one set of BuddyRoe's God parents) traveled over on Thursday night to get settled in. Our other friends, Mr. B. and Miss K. (who are BuddyRoe's other God parents), and their kids M. and W. (got that all straight?) joined us later in the weekend.

I have LOTS of pictures - more than 400 to be exact - but I'm a little wierd about putting up pictures of anyone outside of my family so this post will only have a few.

We spent our time swimming, tubing, skiing, eating, sleeping and relaxing - it was pure heaven!

BBug kept telling us that she knew how to water ski. Whenever Aunt A. asked her where she learned how to ski her reply was, "On the water."

Smart kid, that one!

However, once we got out on the water and Daddy started knee boarding she quickly retracted that statement and told us that she in fact, did NOT know how to ski!

She and BuddyRoe did both go tubing with Daddy though, and they both had a great time. BuddyRoe also went for a dip in the lake - BBug missed out on that because she had been lulled to sleep by the boat ride. BuddyRoe also slept on the boat a lot. As a matter of fact, every time the boat started moving he immediately went to sleep - but as soon as it stopped he was wide awake again!

We also spent a little bit of time fishing from the dock. Uncle M. caught one fish and Mr. B & W. caught another one, but that was it for our luck. Not that we didn't have fun trying though!

One thing that you can be assured of when this group of folks gets together is that we're going to eat well - and this weekend was no exception. We had a low country boil one night and steaks off the grill another! We also made homemade ice cream...yummy! And yes, we even let BuddyRoe try a little bit of everything. He told us that steak and sausage are way better than baby food!

By the time the fireworks rolled around on Saturday night we were all so tired that we just watched what we could see from the picture window in the house. It worked out well enough though since BBug still isn't a huge fan of them!

We went back out on the water for a little while Sunday before we packed up and headed home. It was a great trip and we are so thankful that we were able to take it!