Fleet swim banquet

Boating days once again!

The weather has warmed up enough to start getting back out on the water once again. The water is still pretty chilly, but the warm days make it tolerable...for the kids at least! Jeff and Sheila are not ready to get in just yet! We have had a few fun weekends boating with the Fink family and then with Claire and her friends Abigail and Alyssa. So fun to watch all of the facial expressions as they see waves coming toward them when they are on the tube!

Someone had the bright idea to try tubing with all three of them on the two person tube! It was fun to watch!

Thankful for this time together as a family and for the many memories made full of laughs and smiles!

 

Spring Break Part 1

We were blessed to have all of the cousins together at our house for the week of spring break. Ellie arrived Saturday evening along with Owen and four of his college friends. Harvey and Henry came in on Tuesday. It was so much fun to all be together and to have this past week to make so many wonderful memories!

Lots of pickle ball was played...or sort of played during the week!

The hot tub was put to good use, especially by Ellie!

We all spent lots of time around the dining room table eating and playing games, including Secret Hitler, Skyjo, Code Names, and Spicy Uno!

We also played lots of cards on the living room floor as well!

Some of the kids were crazy enough to get in the pool and even played basketball while in there! Not sure how they didn't turn blue from the cold water!

I often found Claire and Ellie like this on the small couch. One would think we only have one piece of furniture in the living room!

On Tuesday, I got to pick up Harvey and Henry from the airport!

So fun to have the cousins all together. No matter how long it is between them seeing each other, they always seem to jump right in and act like they hang out every day. So blessed to have such a close knit family!

 

Spring Break part 2- Boat days!

We were able to get out on the lake two days while everyone was here. It was chilly but the kids were troopers and jumped in to enjoy some water sports!

Tubing was a big hit with everyone and Jeff had a blast trying to get the kids to fall off!

Wake surfing was definitely the boys favorite activity. They both got up super easy and did amazing!

They also both took some tumbles into the water!

The boys got to enjoy a second day of boating with Owen and his friends. I think it was a great couple of days for everyone!