lake 2011 - 3 of ?

fun times

a noisy neighbor

brothers

crazy old fish "war" - must have been made for siblings!

lunch time

some cousins

special guests

a new trick - at least 6 marshmallows at a time

lake finds

aftermath of a good show

sign of summer :)

lake - 2 of ?

Here are more "lake fun" photos. Samara managed to squeeze another birthday party out of the deal somehow -with 2 school friends joining us at the cabin.

Party Girl

Rainy day fun

Dueling Alligators

Cool shot of Samara in MY chair

GAVIN - guest of great honour

2011 lake life ... 1 of ?

I wish I had counted how many trips we went back and forth to the cabin ... I think I could count that high! It was a great summer for the lake, not that it would take much to be 100 times better weather than last year! I even got a tan, at least on the front side of me! I'm not one to rotate to get the best exposure ... too hard to read a book :) So, not much different than last years pics except that the kids are bigger! Same old thing - building sand castles, swimming, eating, tubing, have a fire ... and repeat, day after day!

We had some lovely company again this year. The more the merrier I say (as long as you don't flush the toilet too many times .. ha)! This year the roster included sister Carla and baby Gavin, cousin Julie and her 2 boys, cousin Joanne and her 2 kids, school friends, and neighbors. The sign up sheet for next year will be posted at a later date! Kidding - all are welcome!

Summer 2011

It went by in a flash, but with the current temps of 30 plus degrees and the a/c running at 10:00pm ... just maybe the summer is still here! In case anyone still reads or looks at the long lost blog, I am still here, even if summer is leaving us! Summer is too short a season to be sitting at the computer ... unless it means playing scrabble on facebook with mom and Carla!!!
Anyway, I hardly know where to start ... the pictures are so unorganized. Unorganized. That is the story of my life I'm afraid. So, I'm just going to add the pics as I see them and try and say a few words!

We enjoyed some special company at the end of July - Auntie and Uncle added us on their tour from the west back to the east. We were glad for that and had many a good laughs, especially playing UNO! Did you know that UNO can be highly entertaining? I prompted Rhett with "What do you say?" when he played his second last card. Without missing a beat, he says "Thank-you"! Seriously, it makes me laugh just typing it. Guess you had to be there!