Lake fun

 It's another Fourth of July at the lake and I couldn't ask for better weather.  It was in the high 80s, low 90s.  Nothing like last year, the hottest summer in Indiana the melted your skin off and not to mention I was 8 months pregnant with man child.  But this year we got to eat a lot of meals outside by the lake and we sat out there to play games and visit. 

 

The crew at the lake:  Lana, Adam, Kellie, Adrian, Nick, Amanda, Granny, Gaga, the girls, Petey, and Kyle (in absentia)

We played

at the beach

The girls had a blast playing together.  Nothing like a choke hold hug.

One of our highlights was that I caught the girls a turtle.  It was a tiny turtle that was sunning on our boat lift with another turtle and when they saw me coming, the one jumped in, but our turtle freaked out and got rolled over on it's back and so I was able to get there just in time to put my net in the water and catch it when it rolled back over and into the water.  I told Aubrie to name it and she picked....GALA.  Gay-la.  

Gala was a hit.  We loved it so much.  One afternoon I caught Aubrie kissing its shell and pulling its legs and arms.  They put a lot of rocks and leaves in the large metal pot we kept Gala in.  

Kyle fit perfectly in the red rocker that was once Granny's red rocker.

After 2 whole days with our friend Gala, we had to send her back to the water to be with her family.  There were tons of tears and kissing on Gala.  

My water dog had so much fun.  He's so handsome.

Jumping in after a ball.

A neighbor a couple of cottages down came over and told us that a mama and papa swan with some babies were close to shore and so we grabbed the kids and some bread and walked over to see them.  Did you know swans are aggressive?  Did you know swans hiss?  Like...hiss.  Meanly.  It was scary.  This swan right here was in the water when we were throwing bread but then it stretched out and walked onto shore and came at me with a purpose.  I don't know if it wanted to eat the bread from my hand, or gouge out my eyes.  I hid the kids behind a patio table and left the swan alone and it finally went away.  But later it swam by our cottage and our neighbors were throwing bread and it started hissing at us again.  Mean, pretty swan.

Walking to go check out the swan

I only went on two pontoon boat rides because Kyle wasn't much of a fan.  I did get to help Gaga unhook the radio from the ignition because it was draining the battery.  Gaga knows so much about mechanics that I can learn from him.  He drove trucks during WWII and was a farmer.  He knows A LOT.

Loving on Granny and playing Peggity

Granny and Gaga

Silly Girls

Kyle got to experience his first child chunking in the lake.  The water was pretty cold, but it didn't keep Aubrie from swimming around like a fish.

Aubrie

Emi

Kyle

Sunset at the lake

 Adam REALLY wanted to get Aubrie up for fireworks this year.  The sun doesn't set in Northern Indian until around 10 pm so the fireworks were at 10:20.  I was hesitant because I didn't know if she would settle back down and go to bed.  When he got her up she didn't want to get up and said, "Daddy, I want to go to bed."  But he held her and she watched all the neighboring cottages setting off personal fireworks and when the fireworks started, she perked up and really enjoyed them.  At the lake, they put the fireworks on barges and drive them out to the middle of the lake.  The fireworks are coordinated with music from a local radio station.  She was saying stuff like, "Oh, I love that one!"  "That one is old already." "That one looks like valentine's day!"  "That one is like a dandelion!"  She was fun to listen to and went back to bed like an angel.  But first she had to talk the fireworks over and cuddle with Gaga.

We had to bribe with gummy bears to get them to take pictures

Emilie has a gummy bear

Kyle driving the boat

Independence day is one of my favorite holidays.  I hope you all had a good fourth with your friends and family.  My family and I are thankful for all the service men and women who protect this country and their families that sacrifice for us. 

Love to all!

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