Lake Days

 We were so excited when it was finally time for lake days again!! They are some of our best days of summer! This year was even better because now that Lou is almost three she doesn't require hands-on supervision at the lake. With her life jacket on I can actually let her get a few yards away from me without worrying about her dumping herself in the lake. It also really helps that we got a life jacket that doesn't slip off!

 

 

I'm always freshly amazed at how beautiful it is down there!

 

 

 

The girls put their kayak Christmas gifts to good use! The two kayaks pretty much have someone on them the entire time we are there.

 

 

 

We can stay down there for hours, swimming, kayaking, and playing in the sand.

 

 

Bug is often the gondolier for the littles. :)

 

 

We also figured out they could use the kayaks for paddleboards! Probably not as sturdy as the real thing, but they make it work!

 

 

Happy girls!

 

 

It took me a minute to realize Boo was purposely recreating one of the pictures on our wall. :) 

 

 

I'm pretty sure she's never seen anyone do this...no idea where it came from. :P

 

 

I couldn't ever really get a good video but she was counting down, jumping in and cheering "Yay me!" She was also saying, "I jump in da bath!" And kept calling the lake or pool the bath for weeks.

 

 Water baby!

 

The first day we took the kayaks Peaches sadly said, "I don't know how to do that." I put her on it, showed her how to hold the paddle, and off she went. This is the slowest she's gone since. Now she hops on and darts off like a bullet!

 

 

We have fun when we're on our own but the best part of lake days is when the friends come! We usually end up with at least 3-4 families and the girls love it! 

 

 

 We LOVE lake days!!

Oregon! - Part 6

 Since we'd had such a late night and weren't in a huge hurry to get home we let everyone sleep in the next morning. It was nearly lunchtime by the time we left so we stopped at In and Out, before we headed down the road!

 

 

 We stopped at Multnomah Falls since the girls had never been before. It was so pretty!

 

 

We went up to the second bridge for a better view.

 

 

 

They wanted to keep going up so up we went.

 

 

We hiked about halfway before turning around.

 

 

Peanut found this cool little cave.

 

 

It was a great spot to stop and get some energy out before getting back in the car!

 

 

Three were out pretty quickly, Bug joined them soon afterwards. I think Peanut was the only one who didn't sleep. 

 

 

 

Thankfully we had an uneventful trip home. A few days later we watched the actual graduation online. It had been postponed because of Covid. The girls were so excited when they watched S walk across the stage.

 

 

Such a fun trip! We are thankful we were able to go!

Oregon! - Part 5

 For our last evening in Oregon we went bowling! I can't remember the last time we'd gone. I don't think Peaches had ever been before. 

 

We started off with boys vs. girls but then Bug switched over because there were so many more girls we were taking twice as long. :)

Peaches did really well even though the ball was very heavy for her. She tried a couple of different styles. :)

 

 

And was shy when she first started.

 

 

Peanut did really well! She got so excited whenever she knocked down a bunch of pins. :)

 

 

Boo also did well and had fun!

 

 

I figured Lou would just hang out with the family and not be interested in bowling. I forgot she's just as big as the rest of them. ;) She wanted to be right in the action and was excited about everything! 

 

 

Every time I bowled she would jump up and down and yell "Go Mommy! Go Mommy!"

 

 

 

Bug got the hang of it quickly.

 

 

Grandma left for a bit and came back after having purchased Lou her own lane! We got the metal rack helper and she had a blast!!!   

 

 

 

 She kept saying, "Yay me! I did it! I did it!" 

 

 

"Go me!"

 

 

 

Grandma pegged that one! I never knew a two year old could have so much fun bowling! Her only complaint was that the ball took too long to come back to her. Otherwise she bowled her entire first game straight without a break!

Grandma bought her a second game and she bowled away!

 

 

She dropped the ball multiple times. I can't believe she never got her toes!

 

 

 

So fun!

 

 

 

 

Peaches got frustrated at one point and Peanut gave her a sweet pep talk.

 

 

Such a good big sister!

 

 

It was past bedtime by the time we finished. Lou was especially tired after bowling two full games!

 

 

We all did pretty good on our scores! We'll have to go again sometime!

 

 

Cheese!

 

 

Such a fun night!

We had to say goodbye the family since we were leaving the next morning. Even though it was super late we stopped an got ice cream for the drive back! 

Last of the pictures tomorrow.