Fun at the lake

The girls really had a fun time at the lake. I usually love being at the lake but this year was a bit different. I really did try to enjoy myself but my heart just wasn't into it this year. Despite that I did get some good pictures. And Rick had a good time fishing. He went fishing in the float tube one day and the rest of the time he spent on the dock.

The girls had a blast swimming. Samantha loves to run and jump off the dock. She likes to add "style" and spin around or spread out her arms. It took her until the last two days to get brave enough to jump off without her life jacket. The end of the dock was up to her chin so it took some convincing on our part for her to realize that she would be fine. But once she figured it out she had even more fun without the life jacket. And the goggles made it easier for her because she didn't need to plug her nose.

Megan is a bit more timid than Samantha, although that is hard to believe. Megan did not want to jump off the end of the dock. We tried that last year and she cried when she popped back up. But by the last two days Megan discovered that it was okay to jump off towards the shallow end. And she was so cute when she did it. She had to count or have other people count for her. And she finally discovered that the life jacket helps to float so she was swimming all around, above her head of course.

We had a couple camp fires and roasted marshmallows. Megan was so funny. She just really enjoyed burning the marshmallows. She would burn them until they fell off the stick. And then she would start again. There were a lot of wasted marshmallows but she had so much fun. Rick and I enjoyed sitting together in front of the fire after putting the girls to bed. We also had a great night sitting out on the dock by ourselves until 11 pm. We looked at the stars and just talked. It was so nice.

Here are some pictures of our two weeks at the lake:

We will be back at the lake next summer for two weeks again. I can't help but wonder what next year will bring. I remember last summer, when we were very financially strapped, thinking that the next summer would have to be better. Boy I never could have imagined that this would be how we would be spending this summer. But we are very blessed to have two wonderful daughters to keep us busy. They can really brighten up the day, or really make me mad, it just depends on the day. If only they would clean up their rooms.

Rick goes back to work in the morning. His beard had to be shaved off tonight. I actually cried when he was shaving. I REALLY liked the beard. Now it is back to the real world. Back to Rick working all the time and being tired. Back to going to bed at different times and waking up at different times. Back to not having any time together. Oh I want to go back.

Until next time,

Jaime