A day at the Lake

Our Day at the Lake

Yesterday the day started out kind of chaotic and unproductive. For awhile I thought it was doomed to ruin. But I decided to just hurry up and get the kids to help me and get the house taken care of (it's an ongoing situation, cleaning the house) so we could get out and have some fun.

So we hurried along with our chores. It seems like overseeing that things get done and get done properly takes so much time I find it difficult somedays to get my own jobs done. I threw a "snacky" sort of lunch together and we left for the lake. It was our first time to this lake (in case you're reading Amber, it was Jackson Lake) and it was about an hours drive from our house.

We scoped out the best beach and we had a fun afternoon of swimming.

Kayla and Tyler thinking about getting wet.

Kyle building sandcastles, he did this most of the time.

Alyssa drenched and going back for more!

Kayla and Rilyn playing in the water. Rilyn is in her dollar store "floatie."

And this is what I did! I caught some rays while watching the kids. I didn't realize I wouldn't get a chance to do any reading while there, but Tyler was really active in the water. I tried to upload a video of him but it wouldn't work. He was running into the water landing face first. He tried floating on his back and on his tummy. He kept wanting to go out deeper and deeper, he had no fear whatsoever! He is so the opposite of my other kids in that regard!

Though I didn't swim, I did get out to dunk myself and cool off a few times. And of course when Tyler got really crazy in the water, I was right next to him getting splashed on and getting my skin all wrinkly in the water along with him! You have to love the fun things we Mom's do!!

We finally ended our fun when Tyler had a potty accident in his swim attire and it forced us to end sooner than we wanted. The kids were so exhausted they all slept all the way home.