Memorial Weekend - part 2.

Part 2 of our weekend took us out to our good friends Nate and Mary's family lake for a couple days of swimming, sun and fun! We have been out here many times before, but this is the first time we ever stayed overnight!

 

Elena and her bud Presley were inseparable from the start! They are only a month a part in age so they had a lot in common - a love for swimming, mermaids and princesses! :)

Elena is such a fish - she wanted in the water even when the other kiddos weren't in. And yes I even included a prego pic on this one - someday I will look back and be glad I took it! ;) 

 There were lots of older kiddos around that did a fantastic job with all the little ones!

Each family that stayed took care of a different meal and we had dinner on Sun so we Robert cooked up some of his famous fajitas! They were awesome as usual.

So how do you sleep in one giant room with three 3-year olds, a 2 year old and two 18-month olds? On lots and lots of air mattresses! The night actually went very smoothly - I was surprised! I guess all the kiddos were wiped out from all the swimming! (We turned off all the lights and busted out some glow sticks for the kids before bed - they thought it was the coolest thing ever!)

As I said the night went spectacular but as soon as light broke through the window the next morning, Elena was up and ready to go - at 6:30am! Now keep in mind, this girl usually sleeps til 9! We tried to make her lay and go back to sleep but her "quiet voice" is not exactly quiet so we got up and went exploring around the lake. It was so peaceful and beautiful!

She was itching to swim again from the moment she got up! Check out this stylish little lady!

Here's a pic of all the kiddos - Deacon, Elena, Presley, Drake, Kennedy and Kaylee -

 Just like the day before there was lots of swimming but Caleb also caught some minnows that the kids were thrilled about. I couldn't believe they would actually hold on to the squirmy, slimy little suckers!

The minnows turned into bait and Elena even got to catch a fish!  

 For some reason this weekend Elena was terrified of going on the boat. Even when Drake and Presley would get on it for a trip around the lake she opted to stay and swim instead. Finally they (Drake and Presley) talked her into getting on the boat!

We also somehow convinced her to try out tubing (I promised that if she didn't like it she could get right back off)! I was shocked that she was up for it! I was also so proud!!! She even made it around the lake a couple of times before she was ready to get off!! What a big girl!

After a little more swimming and eating we were beat and decided to head home. Elena fell asleep on the way and slept from 7pm until 10 the next morning! I was glad too because this pregnant mama was wiped out from the long weekend as well! Hope that you all had a great Memorial Day weekend too!