Lake Cavanaugh

We just got home from our annual trip to the lake with my family and boy did we ever have a ton of fun! Jon, the boys and I arrived Sunday evening in time for dinner. My parents had arrived a few hours before us and we made the most of our first evening, playing in the lake and enjoying the sunshine. Monday was more of the same. Tuesday, Grandma Mardi, Grandpa Bill, Daniel and Faith arrived and our group was complete. The weather continued to be amazing and HOT the whole time, just perfect for vacationing on a lake.
Activities included:
*Canoe rides around the lake
*Jumping/diving off the dock
*Lots of swimming, wading and getting wet
*Floating
*Puzzle building
*Eating, eating and more eating
*Wii playing
*Reading, inside and out
*Games: cards, Yhatzee, dominoes!
*Walks
*Naps
and lots, lots more. I was a bit picture crazy....ended up with over 220 photos! I picked about 10% of that to show you here...didn't want this post to be too long. So, in no particular order, here is a sampling of the pictures I took. If you want to see the rest, let me know and we'll work something out:

Dad, Liam and I taking David on his very first canoe ride:

Liam, David and I went for an early morning walk Monday morning:

David and I on the dock (that's the house we stay at in the background. Isn't it amazing?!):

David and Liam playing around the dock:

Liam and I:

Jandtish girls; mom, Faith and I:

Dad and Daniel having a "who can dive and go farthest under water" contest:

David being "dunked". This was something he wanted to do over and over again! But, just to his waist, he didn't want to go deeper than that!

Liam showing off his new paddle that my dad made and wood-burned for him:

Liam in his goggles, or as he calls them, his "goggle-goggles":

Liam floating and getting doggy kisses:

Faith and Grandma Mardi reading in the yard:

Mom and I playing Yhatzee:

Mom looking so pretty:

David loved wandering around on the dock!

I made it into the water this year! It was cold but so nice!

Dad and Grandma Mardi working on the puzzle:

Little Rosie helping Liam dig:

Mom, Liam and Dad getting reading to go out in the canoe:

Liam wading in the lake and enjoying the waves kicked up by a passing motor boat:

I had an amazing time and was sorry to see it end. Time with my family is always so wonderful, and it's great getting to go away with them all for a few days of rest and relaxation. Can't wait for next year!