Labor Day

We went to the lake this weekend with Steve's family. We celebrated his dad's birthday and spent lots of time outdoors. We have a cabin but his family is large so we decided to camp in our tent. It seemed to be a great idea at 9:00 pm...at 9:15 when the thunderstorm began, it seemed maybe to not be such a good idea...and at midnight I was lying in the tent with a wet pillow thinking maybe it was a bad idea. However, the rain stopped and the thunder began to rumble a little more quietly until finally at 12:30 am it was over (and I could run into the house to pee!). Anyway, our tent does leak. Not alot, but even a little leak in a few places quickly makes for a problem. Life is a constant learning experience:

• Next time there is a chance of rain...take some towels to soak up the water coming in


• Make sure the all windows are completely closed


• Summer thunderstorms are not always short, but can last a long time...like 3 hours!

We toughed it out, actually, the kids fell asleep quickly and slept through the whole thing while Steve and I contemplated what to do if the tent flooded. We had a great weekend and will definitely camp the next time...a little more prepared. Here are some of the fun we had:

Lydia learning to fish. Of course, her fishing pole is pink!

Steve and I tubing. My brother in law tried to hit some big waves fast to throw us off, but succeeded in only throwing one of our kids across the boat...

Joshua fishing in his PJs, don't you just love it?!