Summer Highlites part 1

Now that summer is officially over and fall has begun, I guess it's about time I posted some of our summer memories.

The best part of our summer is always the week we spend at Kimball Lake with our friends. Even though the weather wasn't the greatest this summer we lucked out again and probably had the nicest week of all of July.


Some of my favorite moments:

Me finally getting the courage to try and ski on one ski. It took me about 5 times falling flat on my face, but I finally got it. It rocked--so much easier to slalom on one ski than it is on two. Can't wait to do it again next year.


Blake actually agreeing to try and water-ski. Our friends had bought some skiis for the kids and I never ever thought that Blake would actually try it. Of course we had to bribe him with 2 scoops of ice cream, but it worked! He didn't actually get going--he just kept falling backwards, but he tried it...he tried it....he tried it!


Helping Avery collect seashells and watching her play with her new plastic animals in the sand. Great deal from the Giggle Factory. Stuff all you can into a plastic tube for 3.99. Avery took them to the beach almost every day.



Helping Blake construct a series of roads in the sand. Every year it just keeps getting bigger and bigger. This is the first thing we have to do when we get to the beach. And of course, it wouldn't be any fun if there wasn't tubing involved. This has become Blake's most favorite thing to do at the beach.




Camping wouldn't be complete if we didn't have a little nap on the beach after a night of sitting by the campfire, playing cards and drinking...a little.




But my most memorable and favorite part of going to Kimball Lake is the smiles it puts on our kids faces!