Whenever we tell people that, the most usual response is along the lines of "oh, we should be friends!" and I always follow up with "we're near the lake, not on the lake!"
But, since moving here, we've met a few people who live on the lake. And we've been lucky enough to be invited over.
This past weekends was one of those weekends.
Ava got an invite to a birthday part that was "at the XXXX's boathouse"
Steve texted me with a photo of the invite and captioned it:
"Ava has rich friends"
LOL.
It was a princess party and Ava was SO excited.
This was her very first friend party! She's been to plenty of kid parties, but always as the tag-a-long baby sister.
This time was her turn and she was so excited leading up to the event.
And then she fell on the ground as we were walking in, scraped her knee and I thought our entire afternoon was going to be over.
But, she pulled herself together (sort of - it was also late afternoon and she's usually very tired at this point in the day) and enjoyed the party.
She looks exhausted here - and she was. This was right when we got there and during the 8 minute ride to this boathouse, she almost fell asleep in the car!
They got to make crafts - the crowns they are wearing and masks.
It was a beautiful day to be on the lake and I'm so grateful to have been invited. Both of my girls, very loudly during the party kept saying "we should have a boathouse mom. I bet dad could build one. Let's ask him. This is nice. We should also get a boat." and I'm all "yeah, sure, I mean, let's talk about it" - I looked up the address on Zillow and um, let's just say that I'll never, ever, ever in my lifetime live in a house that costs that much.
Sunday turned out to be a beautiful day as well! We deserved it after the shitty weather we've had for the past couple of months.
We knew it was going to be warm - in the 80's, but there was a chance of rain. It held out most of the day and didn't start to rain until closer to 5pm.
About a month ago, Steve's mower got an oil leak and it's taken until now to get it fixed. With all the rain we've had, and being unable to mow it...our yard looks like a freaking jungle. The grass was - I swear - almost waist high. I'm not that tall, so it's feasible!
Anyway, we woke up and it was already balmy.
Steve immediately went to mow the lawn. For the record, he went over the front lawn 6 times and it still looks like shit. I cannot believe how much grass there is.
He took several breaks during the day just because, well, damn. It's a lot of bouncing around in the heat.
Right around lunchtime, he came in and the girls got their bathing suits on and everyone informed me that we were going to the lake! It's not technically open yet for the season, but we've gone before and just waded and were fine.
We got there and pulled right into the lot. Since the park isn't technically open, there was only one other family there besides us. Seemed like they had the same idea. I think as long as we don't get all the way in, it's okay. The Sheriff's saw the girls wading knee deep and didn't say anything.
It was a beautiful day at the lake. The water was freezing!
The girls had fun running from the waves/wakes as boats went by.
#lakebaby
The girls have no idea how lucky they are to be this close. We live about 5 minutes from this park. We get a season pass for $35 each summer. There's hiking and a waterfall across the street from this park. We bring the dogs to that one (pets aren't permitted here).
The only kids at the playground! We had Ava's first birthday party at the lodge right next. to this playground. It was a winter themed party since her birthday is in December and it ended up being 60 degrees that day! Of course.
Dare devil!
Picnic on a rock
We packed up and headed home in time for an early dinner. Steve spent another couple hours mowing after dinner and the yard still looks like shit. LOL. The poor guy. He'll spend the next few days mowing to get it just right. If it's possible at this point.
And then, on to the deck. Hoping to break ground on Tuesday.
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