Weekend at the Lake

This past weekend we headed up to the lake on our way to the opening football game.  It was a long ride all the way to the lake, but until Avery can drop the nap (more on that later) we need someone to watch her while we go to football games.

Matt, Missy, Morgan, and Macey joined us on Sunday after the game to have some family vacation time.

Avery with a big smile, probably laughing at one of the dogs doing something silly.

 Avery had in her mind that she was going to swim across the lake.  We did it as kids, but maybe when we were 14.  Avery is about the most un-daredevil kid we have seen.  She requires hands to be held going down stairs, will yell at other kids on the playground to "BE CAREFUL", pauses at all street crossings, etc.  But when it comes to swimming, the entire weekend she said she was going to "Swim to the big trees!"  You can see in this picture she is a 100 yards or so off the dock swimming away.  My parents were right behind her in the paddle boards and I was right beside her with a life jacket, but she kept on swimming.  Granted she isn't going to win the 100 yard free style next week in the Olympics but we were pretty impressed with her determination.

 We tried to get Morgan and Avery to chicken fight.

 She really loves Gigi's cooking.  And my mom loves to cook for us and we love to eat it.  I don't think there is a better way to cheat on my salad diet than spending a couple days eating my mom's cooking.  Thanks Mom!

 Hanging with the quiet Sawyer daughter.

 So we left the lake around 1:30.  We thought she would be asleep as soon as we hit the road.  She got pretty close, but we decided to stop and get gas.  For whatever reason, she decided to talk the rest of the way home except for the last 15 mins when she finally fell asleep.  Sunday she didn't take a nap either.  Saturday's nap was only an hour or so.  It didn't seem to affect her attitude during the day much, but it caused her to not sleep through the night, which most definitely sucks for Mommy.