Houseboat pictures

Lake Cumberland Kentucky, our weekend home. It was a beautiful weekend.  The skies were blue, the breeze refreshed our skin, the food filled our bellies, the games made us laugh.  It was a wonderful weekend.

 We are off and on the water very quickly now. We know how to unload our cars and get out on the water as quickly as possible because we know the fun is about to begin.  Everyone was excited.

 We decided to pick up Doug with Matt's canoe.  One of our toys for the weekend.

 More toys to blow up. 

 Playing is the water is one of the main activities. 

 Of course there is cooking too.

 Friday night we celebrated birthdays. 

 Brookelynn's birthday was just this past week but we saved some birthday gifts for Annika and Hailey so that we could celebrate them together.

 Leo and Jessica watch the birthday celebrations.

 Jessica made these T-shirts for the girls.  Isn't that amazing???

 Brookelynn received this great water gun.  It was used many times but here is 'Daddy' teaching her how to use it. 

 Gram is happy with all her grandchildren around. 

 Daddy is put in charge of the new 'baby doll' that I made for Brookelynn.  She was named Rosie even though I tried to get her named Star. 

 Gram and Hailey just chatting.

 Annika and Gram full of smiles.

 Annika, Jessica and Doug in their bright colors.

 We found this tube along the shore so the new challenge was to jump off the back and try to land in the tube without it tipping over.  Jessica managed to do it after a few tries.  Leo was a "pro" at landing in it and just couldn't seem to make it tip.  Doug had a hard time landing in the tube. 

 Then we graduated to trying to land in the tube when it was positioned below the twisty slide. 

 Someone to hold the tube in place.

 Again, Jessica was pretty good at making it into the tube and not tipping it over.

 Sorry, double shot. 

 Doug had a little more trouble but he didn't give up.

 He finally made it.

 Eva just liked to float around in the water.

 Brookelynn has come a long way since the first time she went on this trip.  The first year she didn't even want to get into the water.  Now she can't wait until we tie up and she gets to go in the water. 

 Jessica and Doug fixed a wonderful Indian meal.  I would tell you what they fixed but I can't remember the name OR how to spell it. I only remember it was terrific. 

 We played games. 

 We took family pictures.

 We played in the water.

 Brookelynn fixed hair. 

 Brookelynn is now so comfortable with the water that she took a kayak out by herself.  Daddy followed along behind. 

 Daddy also took a nap with the new 'swimming Abby' This is a new baby doll too since the discovered that Bertha was still at home and they were about an hour away from home.  Aunt Emily had to go over and get Bertha and take her to her house for the weekend.  Mommy and Daddy found Abby in the store and she loves to go in the water.

 We played Mexican Train in the evening.  It was a fun and lively game as game night always is. 

 The weekend seemed to go by quickly and we were back at the dock, unloading. 

 We did a little shopping at the store before heading out.

Our final stop was at our new favorite Mexican Restaurant in Glasgow, KY. 

I hope you enjoyed the pictures.  I always have difficulty picking out a few so you got a LOT of them.