Camping at the Lake

"Help Me! Help Me! Help Me!",

 Was all a panicking Scott could say as he sat on his boogie board in one inch deep water.

Scott's "pledgeallegiance" (that's pledge allegiance, but he says it like it's all one word) shorts.
He can't wait to wear them swimming so we brought them with us and the first thing he did when we got to the lake was strip down and put them on.

Madeline shows she isn't afraid of a couple inches of water.

Karley takes Scott on an evening kayak ride. He's much happier in the safety? of the kayak.

Nothing like being out on the water in the evening. Karley and Scott in the kayak and Matt, Paige, and Madeline in the canoe. By the way, this was our first ever camping trip at the lake.

Dustin takes some little girls out on the lake in the canoe which FYI if you go canoeing with Dustin he'll want to be the only one paddling. Maybe he just hates the way I do it but I try to help, really I do.

Sunset on the Lake.

Dinner oooh yummy! We brought chicken and Mark brought steak. Nothing like eating outdoors it just seems to taste better.

Karley pulls Paige on the boogie board while Mark's pup enjoys a free ride.

Roasted Marshmallow Peeps. I tried some of Mad's and it was crispy from the carmelized sugar but I don't really dig on Peeps...

...but he does!!!

No limp peep jokes, please!

Our rip roaring, twiggy fire. It got chilly in the evening and we didn't have much firewood so Dustin kept shoveling dry brush over to us. This fire was lit by one of Mark's flares. Victoria and I sat by it until  we couldn't keep our eyes open anymore. When Daniel got there he drove past us and got stuck in the mud and Mark and Dustin were up 'til one in the morning trying to dig them out. Mark, Victoria, and Matt got stuck in the same mud earlier when they first got there but were able to get out much easier.

Right after breakfast these girls are ready to get out in the water. 

Living the sweet life.

"The mother of the children" ponders on the beauty of her surroundings or it could be that her boots just got stuck in the mud. Either way she takes a moment to reflect.

Mark's fun island or "relaxation station" We'd have fun towing out to the middle of the lake. Matt and Danny even jumped in the water ...and then jumped right back out cause it was so freezing.

Sadie the swimmin' dog. Everytime we'd go out in the canoe Sadie would start paddling out to us. It made me nervous laugh cause she's never done anything like that before. We'd be out in the middle of the lake and here she'd come. One time she tried to jump in the canoe and her paws slipped off the edge and she went completely underwater. I'm sad we never got a picture of it but she'd only do it when I was out in the water.

On Saturday afternoon we packed up and headed for home. There will be many more Lake adventures...we had a great time!