Yankee Doodle Recap

Here are the kids showing off our star spangled cake!
Another shot of our cake.
Campbell jumping off the dock for the 100th time.
Conleigh & Uncle Kyle.

We had a great weekend at Cedar Creek lake. Uncle Kyle was the highlight of the weekend. The kids wanted to know where he was every second and enjoyed swimming and playing games with him throughout the weekend.



It was our first trip there without our friends the Lins, who are usually there with their 7 & 5 year olds who are obviously great playmates with our crew. I was a little nervous but the kids had a good time and actually entertained one another a bit.
Peter came down with strep throat on Thursday morning. Can you believe it? If we haven't been through the ringer with illness this summer, please tell me! Since he couldn't work on Thursday, we decided to go up to the lake that afternoon. Oh, about Waco, which is 1.5 hours away from home, Peter's dad called to say that the a/c was broken at the lake but should be fixed by the time we arrive FRIDAY. Ugh! We should have called before leaving home.
What to do? What to do?
We stayed in Waco. I never thought I'd do that again after my time working at Baylor. Anyway, the town has grown a lot, and all the kids needed was a pool at the hotel. We have come to grips with not being a family that fit in two queen beds in a hotel. We broke down and got a suite, so we had two queen beds and a fold out couch. It was perfect and really what we needed.

Pictures of the weekend:

Mommy and two of her ducklings.
Grandpa with his grandchildren


We spent Saturday swimming in the lake, boating, fishing, relaxing and playing. Then the fireworks began. The fireworks at the lake were amazing! They went on and on and on. We had a few, and I was glad to not have more. It was a show around the lake for 2+ hours.
Alex loved doing the sparklers!
On the way home today, Conleigh begged us to stay at another hotel. She is a traveler.