Water Babies

Another weekend spent at the lake & it was a great time! This time we were joined by Aunt Chrissy & Aunt Jennifer...We loaded up the cars & coolers & set out for a day of fun, sun & swimming! The kids always have such a blast but what made it even better - people with huge floating devices!! We had to share our beach area with another family & they were kind enough to let the Bruce Bunch use some of their floaties - like a shark, dolphin and a huge baseball glove. Spencer was thrilled & even let their kids play with his submarine & beach ball. We had so much fun playing with some "new friends." Aunt Jennifer's birthday is coming up (July 4th) and one of her friends has already given her a birthday present so she could use it at the lake - a hot dog grill! I didn't get a picture of it but it was so cute & awesome. Just big enough for an entire packet of hot dogs - which were delicious with all the trimmings. Watermelon & bananas for dessert & back in the water we went! It was a great day! Tristan deciding what floating device to use My girls are loving the water & their Kool-Aid Juicers
Spencer is too happy when he is in the water!

Family Day @ the Lake Murray

Dad had the greatest idea for our Sunday family day...a day at the lake. It was gorgeous weather, not too hot and FREE! How great is it to spend quality time together with little money. So, we ran to get the cooler filled up with drinks & ice...Mom packed up a little lunch & we loaded the van & off we went. We got there around 11AM - found a spot - although it was a great location we had to settle for an afternoon of listening to Mexican Rock music behind us (there was a family reunion going on)! HHAHAHAHAH!

But, it made for a great day of fun. The kids loved the water! I, however, enjoyed the water but not all the rocks I kept stubbing my toes into! Dad lost his Oakley sunglasses - but were retrieved by some kids swimming next to us! It was a miracle that they found them under the water! We started out with sunblock 50 cuz those of you that have had the priveledge of seeing my white legs know that I don't do heat & sun! We should've re-applied though cuz by 3 1/2 hours later when it was time to load up - we were pretty red! Now, 3 days later - Sophie & I are suffering the most - pretty burnt up & sore to the touch backs!! Thank God for aloe vera gel with lidocaine - it does make it bareable!

Watch out for flying bats

First shiner of the year...Sophie

was at daycare last Friday & because the weather is so beautiful these days...thanks to the rain letting up...the teachers took all the kids out for a field day. Well, some of the kids decided that a nice round of baseball would be perfect on such a great day...but not so for Miss Sophie! As you can see, she didn't do well with the swing around of the bat. She was bending down to "get a drink of her water" right in the line of the batter & KAA-BOWIE! right to the eye. We are very thankful that it was a plastic bat & not wood for the sake that it would have knocked her out &

we would've been in the ER getting stitches had that been the case. So, we didn't have to have stitches...or even make a run to the doctor...we just had to put ice on it for a few hours. It was swollen shut & pretty sore but within a couple days, just a nasty black eye!! Look out Sophie!!