Day 7

When I was a kid, we spent an entire week at the lake.  We slept in tents and we went out on the boat every single day for hours.  We cooked every meal on a little Coleman propane camping stove and we had a blast!  I miss those days.  Now my parents have a little double wide in Sulphur near the Lake of the Arbuckles.  Don't get me wrong, I love having A/C and no bugs crawling in my ears, (Yes, that actually happened...My cousin Ross might still have nightmares of me screaming bloody murder in the middle of the night from inside the little pup tent we were sharing...but I digress).  It just isn't the same.  Some of my best summer memories are from our weeks spent every 3rd week in July with all the Shoffstalls.  Now we are making our own memories.

1. I was able to wake up before anyone else and pack up everything we needed for our little weekend getaway.

2. I didn't forget anything but 2 pounds of hamburger meat.

3. I can fit so much in the back of my Santa Fe!

4. I fall in love a little more with that little SUV every day.

5. My dad is so handy.  He still keeps the boat he has had since I was 6 in working order.

6. Someday, I will buy my dad a new boat.  How awesome would that be?!?

7. My kids love to be at the lake. 

8. My kids love to swim and they don't mind the dirty lake water!

9. My kids really enjoy riding the tube behind the boat. (but who doesn't?)

10. Matt is adventurous.  He can take any beating my dad throws our way when we are on the tube.

11. Matt and I survived our tube ride.  There was one wave...well, we thought it might be our last, but we fought for it and stayed on!

12. I rode on the tube with my sister's fiance Chad.  I thought my dad was gonna kill us! I have a battle wound from that ride.

13. I rode on the tube with Zachary.  His laughter make me so happy!

14. I didn't have to cook supper!

15. My sister and Chad made fajitas and they were fantastic!

16. I got a pair of hot pink running shorts for only $7 at the Sulphur Wal-Mart.

17. I am not a Wal-Mart fan. (Target did not pay me to say that...) The Wal-Mart in Sulphur is small and quiet and being in that store does not make me want to get an elective lobotomy.  (Wal-Mart in Sulphur did not pay me to say that...)

18. I only got slightly pink after being outside in overcast weather today.

19. Memories of years and years of lake vacations.  Believe me...we can all tell you some stories.

20. New memories of lake vacations at my parent's lake house.

21. A lake house to stay and play...with A/C.

22. Sunscreen.

23. Zachary fell asleep on the boat.  He was standing up with his head on the seat next to my arm.  It was a pretty funny sight.

24. Overcast days on the lake.  A break from the beating sun feels nice.

25. My family.  They really know how to have a good time.

26. I don't have to fix my hair or wear makeup when I am at the lakehouse.

27. I backed the boat trailer into the water to pick up the boat and it only took me 4 tries to get it straight!  I had help.  Chad was telling me which way to turn the wheel...  Backing in a trailer is hard work!

28. We watched Oz (the new one) with my parents and the kids last night.  We enjoy watching movies together.