Labor Day

For Labor Day we decided to do something we had never done before and planned a family picnic at the lake. We rarely go to the lake, although we should! So we got out there about 4:00 and the kids headed for the water right away. The rest of Dave's family was going to show up about 5:00 for the picnic. About 4:30 the kids were mostly done swimming and we unloaded all of the food from the van into the picnic shelter. About 4:45 Dave lighted the charcoal so we could grill hamburgers and hotdogs. About 5:00 it started to downpoor! Jacob tried to use his body to protect the fire from the rain, until he realized that was obviously not going to work. About 5:15 the rain somewhat stopped and we quickly packed everything up. By 5:30 we resumed our Labor Day picnic in my in-law's house. So much for trying something different this year.

Here are some pictures of my kids enjoying the water.

Benji wasn't too sure of the water so he stayed nice and safe on shore. Clara got this water squirter thingy for her birthday and thought it would be fun to bring it to the lake with us. Little did she know how NOT FUN this would actually be for her.

Chris thought this water squirter was great fun also. He liked to squirt it into the air and have it rain down on him.

Here's Clara looking around and checking things out.

Here are my 2 little fish. Jacob and Debbie loved swimming in the lake! Debbie was a little too comfortable in the water! As long as she had her arm floaties on she thought she was invincable. It's funny to watch her swim along and then all of a sudden flop over and float on her back. Her and Jacob had fun playing together.

Here's Jacob dragging Debbie back to shore when she would get out farther than I thought she should go. Left alone, she probably would have ended up in the middle of the lake.....and not minded at all! Notice that it's the end of the swimming season and we can't seem to find a matching set of arm floaties.