memorial day at the lake

May 29-30, 2011- We were so excited to kick off our summer by spending part of Memorial Day weekend at the lake.  College friends, Laree & Ryon, invited us for the weekend along with a few other families to a lake house that Laree's family has in Kingsland on Lake LBJ .  Eight kids ranging in age from 11 months to 5 years old...and only one girl!  The kids all had a blast and it was fun for us too.

We brought our boat, which hasn't been out since before Brazos was born.  Casey spent at least a week getting it all tuned up and running great.  And it was all worth it to see everyone enjoy their time on the water. On our first outing we took Brazos along but the uncomfortable bulk of the life jacket plus the fact he was overdue for a nap made it not too enjoyable for him (or me!).  So I stayed ashore with him after that.  Maybe later this summer when he is a bit more stable on his feet we'll see if he's got his sea legs.

Pecos ready for Water Gun War; his strategy: not to seek out combat; rather just park himself in the kiddie pool, wait for the others to come and fill up their gun, then blast them.  It worked out quite well for him.

big haul of the day...actually, an overnight catch

boat captain and first mate preparing the boat for another outing

ready for a boat ride and tubing- can you imagine what it will be like on the lake with this crew in about  10 years?

Pecos and Calob had so much fun tubing...the highlight of their weekend for sure

when you have that many boys and a great lakefront yard you must play a game of t-ball

casey and brazos did their own swinging and observed t-ball from the sidelines

Did I mention how much fun we had?  Can't wait to do it again sometime!