Well our summer weather was short lived but we enjoyed it to the fullest! Every week in August we headed down to the lake with our friends and the kids swam and played and kayaked and built sand castles to their hearts content!
The only bad part was it seemed like they lowered the beach really early this year. I don't know why they do it before Labor Day...especially when it was in the 100's.
This was our second to last week and the dock was still in the water enough that the kids could enjoy it. This was probably the favorite week for the girls because one of the families brought their boat and took them tubing! You can just barely see the boat on the left out in the water. They had a blast!
Two of the other families got kayaks this year and it was so funny to watch them all out there. We had 8 there this particular week and it was like a little kayak gang. They made up a game called Pirates (those in the kayaks) and Mermaids (those in the water) and had so much fun!
Lunch break!
Lou was able to stay up this year and catch a short nap on the way home. It did make for a crankier than usual evening, but not unmanageable.
Peaches got so brave this year. I really wished she would keep her life jacket on, but I have to admit she did very well about staying where she wasn't too deep and being safe. This day she jumped from the dock without a life jacket! Brave girl! The water wasn't over her head but this was a big step for her!
Way to go E!
The next week they had drastically lowered the lake...lower than I've ever seen. On this side it was past the logs that mark the swimming area. In the middle of summer the water is only a few feet from the grass up there.
This was the only place that was muddy/mucky/seaweedy and was surprisingly sandy for an area that is under water most of the time.
We found a bunch of larger rocks and thought it would be fun to spell out a message that will be under the water the next time we go!
One last day of beach fun...it was a beautiful day!
We let the kids kayak over to the other side of the bay by themselves and they thought it quite the adventure. :)
Goodbye Summer! We will miss you! Please come back sooner next year!
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