Labor Day at the Lake (Sunday and Monday)

Sunday was boat day, so we all woke up ready to go!  It was a perfect day to spend on the lake. The kids loved the boat ride!  Although Paul almost fell asleep the first time.

Carolyn, Felicity, Julie, Andrew and Lily

Paul, Felicity and Lily -- we did not set this up!

Water babies

This is the lake house community we stayed at.

This boat ride definitely goes down as a favorite family memory!

Carolyn, Felicity and Austin

Ahhhh!  Just a little family bonding/yelling session.

Lily is such a cutie!

Felicity between her two favorite people.

Paul is starting to get sleepy!

Pretty much out.

We came back to the house for a good lunch and nap break after spending an hour or so checking out the lake.  The Sowells left to go back to Pensacola around this time.  We were sad to see them leave, but so grateful they came at all!  I know it is not easy to travel with a toddler, much less with a baby in tow!

After a family nap (at least, I'm pretty sure I fell asleep...) we went back out on the boat, and this time Mimi was able to come, too!

Papa and Mimi

Paul was excited to have Mimi on board!

Standing on those tippy toes!

Getting sleepy again!  I think we need a boat.  Maybe we would all sleep better.

This picture doesn't really do the lake justice -- the views were gorgeous!

Paul and Dad checking out which island we'd like to live on.

After two awesome boat rides, what else is there to do but go swimming before dinner?  That's just what we did!  The pool was such a great part of our vacation.  We had already been several times before I got around to taking pictures.  It was not only zero-depth entry and saltwater, but it also had a slide for the big kids (us) and a mushroom waterfall for the kids (and us).  Paul absolutely loved it!  He would stay in until he started to shiver from being wet for so long.

Paul's favorite thing to do is use buckets to transport water (or ice at home) back and forth. 

After this weekend, Paul's new favorite words were "no" and "juice".

I love this picture of the two of them.  Aren't they cute?

Playing peek-a-boo with Felicity!

Early Monday morning we could hear lots of thunder and rain coming down hard.  Even when we woke up, it was still going strong.  We spent a nice cozy morning inside before it cleared enough to go back to the pool one last time.

Little buddies watching Mickey together.

They are just about the same exact size!

Playing with Paul's new house I snagged at a yard sale for $15 (worth $90).

He loves standing here and spinning the sun/moon thing.  It's like he's captain of his house-ship.

Snuggle/story time!  Lucky me.

And back to the pool!  We were the only ones there, and we had a blast!

We all took turns going down the slide while Papa threw us the ball.  I never caught it.

Austin in action.

This trip could not have been any better.  Maybe if it were longer!  We made so many wonderful memories that we'll always have to look back on.