Lake Day

On Thursday I got to share the love of the lake with our friends Karen and Emily. My parents were so gracious to host us at their lake home for the day. We had planned this outing a while ago and we couldn't have picked a better weather day. 80 degrees, sunshine and blue skies the entire day. After leaving Apple Valley and making at least 3 stops along the way for potty breaks and DVD troubles, we finally arrived at the lake around 11 AM. After a quick lunch we changed into swimsuits and headed for the dock.  Our first order of business was fishing.  Being that we are dealing with 4 year olds, our fishing lasted only 20 minutes and during that timespan we managed to tangle 2 lines, lose 1 hook and catch 3 fish.  Allie caught 2 fish and Emily caught one fish - her first time ever fishing and catching a fish! 



Then we jumped in the lake and did a bit of swimming.  Katie and Allie did so well - they floated in the water on noodles and swam with me for a while.  So proud of both of them! 

Grandpa then fired up the boat and took us tubing.  Super fun - Allie was a bit apprehensive but her mood changed as the boat took off.  Emily and Karen had a blast - the first time tubing for both of them! 

We finished our lake trip with ice cream on the deck.  Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for a great day!  We love you both so much!

We managed to keep the girls awake on the ride home with Clifford and Dora videos. The only snafu was running  into rush hour traffic and sitting on 494 for about 30 minutes.  During that wait time, Katie declared she had to go potty.  Poor little thing held it all the way home and my first priority when we pulled into the driveway was rushing her inside to go to the bathroom.  We all were tired but had so much fun!