Just got home from our summer vacation. The first half was with Bart's extended family, the Rinkys. Always a great time, lots of laughs and good memories. (Pics coming soon.)
After spending 2 days w/ the Rinks we headed down to Lake Cumberland with my parents. One of my favorite places. I love a lake vacation. Love it. Love it. Love it. It was fun to see my kids enjoy it too. They all did great.
We did a lot of this...
skiing! My dad at 62. He still has it. :)
And this...
swimming! The water was like bath water.
Kade and Quinn loved driving the boat.
After spending 2 days w/ the Rinks we headed down to Lake Cumberland with my parents. One of my favorite places. I love a lake vacation. Love it. Love it. Love it. It was fun to see my kids enjoy it too. They all did great.
We did a lot of this...
skiing! My dad at 62. He still has it. :)
And this...
swimming! The water was like bath water.
Kade and Quinn loved driving the boat.
Jada thought she'd give it a try too.
My mom helped Carson learn to ski. She's a great teacher.
I couldn't believe how good the kids did in the boat all day. We left the cabin around 9:30 each morning and came back around 6. A long day.
After fighting to stay awake and not miss any fun, Jada finally fell asleep.
She woke up and was ready to go again. She even tubed with Bart. No, the boat's not going now. :) She's just playing.
Cole missed his naps too, but did great. After numerous statements about wanting to learn to ski this year, he decided to stick to swimming and tubing. :)
Carson, Quinn, and Kade tubed and tubed. I got in on the fun too.
I love a lake vacation, especially here. It's usually warm, always good skiing water, great memories of years past, good family together time...and on and on. What I didn't like was the ants we found in our room! I had five suitcases, a bag of dirty laundry, and snack bags (just imagine packing for 7 people for a week) sitting in our room where we discovered ants! Gross. So, this was the scene from our back yard after arriving home.
We took all the bags outside and emptied them out. I carried one load of laundry in at a time to wash. Thankfully I don't think we brought too many ants home with us. Just good memories of a great family vacation!
8 comments:
First off...that is one of the greatest places to go(along with lakes in TN). Second off...I am so stinken impressed at Wendell....he amazes me and I hope at his age I am still going strong on one ski!!
Thirdly those ants sound terrible. I'll never forget the ants we had in TN in my brand new home crawling all over my clothes and shoes in my closet(fire ants to be exact!!).
Last but not least Carson will get it soon. Caden just learned this past year and its taken him some time. Living on a lake for a week is just the greatest thing. I LOVE LAKE VACATIONS!!
Glad you had such a great time and your kids were so good for you on a boat that long.
opps...after rereading I meant to say Cole(not carson) :)
Looks like a great time! So glad that the kids did so great - that gives me hope for our kids! Also, Glad to see you found the life jacket for Jada. :)
Can't wait until the years when we can all go together!
What cute pics! It looks like you had a great time. Your dad is awesome at water skiiing!
great pics. Nell...it was abosolutely great having you all down there and the kids being so awesome!! Truly a blessing for us! Can't wait to see all the pics.! Still can't believe I forgot my camera!
And Sandra...I'm always a little jealous of Wendell's skiing too...BUT... who's pics. you really should see are Janells!! She is an awesome skiier!! Come on Janell...post some of you!!
love you all and thanks again for making a great vacation for us! :)
So tell us how you really feel about lake vacations! Looks like fun. Let's see your pics Nell! I hear your a pro!
Looks so fun! We are going to be using Holt for our second adoption. I am hoping that I don't get too anxious this time around.... so far so good, but I know the hard stuff is yet to come! Hi to Bart, Jada, and the rest of the family:)
alrigth Janell...you should listen to your mother and POST SOME pictures of YOU!!! I want to see you slalom. I'll be checking back soon....better see some of you:)
Pretty PLEASE!!
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