Celebrating on the Water

We just returned from a fun long weekend at the lake. 

This guy was pumped to go up a day early to have extra time to play in the water. 

The whole fam took Friday off so we could enjoy a long weekend. Friday 

was spent playing in the water all day. 

And several boat rides too. This guy loves to take over the front of the boat. Maybe he has watched the old vhs of Titanic and is trying to recreate it, not sure. 

Isn't it sweet to have to force your child and hold him down to take a family picture. 

Oh just precious. 

He knows who to go to when he wants some snacks. KK always comes prepared. He starts sucking up to her and then sneakily sticks his hand in her bag to see what he can get a hold of. 

Snuggling with Uncle Pete before his pre-bedtime entertainment he provided all of us. There may be a video, but I think we have a country western dancer on our hands. 

Saturday morning I woke up to some fabulous birthday decorations by my sweet family. We are all about the health rating around here, so you can never be too careful in the kitchen. 

Hair protection is essential. 

We had some sweet friends come to play. The Bowens. Miller is three and so much fun. His mommy and daddy, Bo and Rebecca, are pretty cool too. Fulton enjoyed watching Miller jump off the side of the pier and I think it gave him a little courage to start preparing now for his Olympic diving career. 

The Warrens came too. This was little Chloe's first time to the lake. She did so good!

The three little amigos hanging out by the pool. 

We came in for lunch and a little surprise serenade of Happy Birthday, complete with candle blowing and all. 

 Nothing like two cakes for your birthday. A scrumptious oreo ice cream cake from Dairy Queen and the old standard you can never go wrong, cookie cake. Delish!

Sweet girls. The guys were good to man the kiddos and let us relax and chat. 

One last afternoon boat ride before calling it a day. Summer...please slow down.