The kids enjoyed lots time with grandpa and grandma. And lots of books were read.
There wasn't enough room at the table for everyone, so the kids got relegated to island bar. But they thought it was great having a "table" just their height...and having access to all food during meal time.
We spent a lot of time at the pool. We would go down in the morning after breakfast and stay till lunch time, and then head back out after naps and stay until supper. And sometimes we even went again after supper. :)
The afternoon we got there it was only about 70 degrees. Not terrible, but a little chilly when you got out of the pool. And for a tired little buddy, being "toud" was a good excuse to snuggle up under a towel.
The kids were content to play in the kiddie pool for the first few days, esp if Uncle Daniel joined them pretending to be a shark and chasing them around.
The guys headed out to golf one evening, but it happened to be the night they closed early to mow, so they just hit a few balls right outside the condo instead. They did go later in the week though.
Carter testing out his golfing skills. He was pretty sure he needed to be one of the guys all week and was always heartbroken when he couldn't join them for golfing, fishing, etc.
After talking non-stop about going fishing for 2 days, we finally took the kids out on the boat. They quickly found out it wasn't quite as exciting as they thought it'd be. It probably would have helped had the fishing not been absolutely terrible. Despite several hours of fishing per day, only 5 fish were caught all week. The guys were pretty sure they were somewhere in that 15,000 acre lake, they just weren't sure where.
One day we went down to the lake beach area. It was a little gross, so we didn't stay long before heading back to the pool.
The observers, who prefered not to get in the green water or get sandy. :)
The green thick water was one thing, but the multiple dead fish scattered around beach were quite another. Yuck!
Aunt Wendi discovered some very willing helpers when putting on her lotion, and put them to work multiple times that week lotioning her legs. The kids thought it was the greatest thing.
Wrapped up and heading back from the pool....again
After the first few days the kids discovered that the big pool was way more fun. They loved playing basketball and jumping off the sides. Thankfully there was lots of people willing to play to with them when Luke and I got wore out from catching them, or lifting them up to the hoops. They took great naps all week! :)
Watching Anastasia with grandpa and eating some popcorn
View from out back porch
Like I said, Carter was pretty sure he was one of the big guys all week. :)
Ready to head home...Carter was very willing to help with the driving
Before driving off we head to get a few pics on the dock
And then we headed home!
A few highlights from the week:
-swimming
-lots of entertainment and help with the kids
-watching Anne of Green Gables with the whole family and the many tears that occurred...some from sadness and some from laughter
-playing Ticket to Ride and The Farming Game
-thermostat wars
-amazing food, and many pots of coffee consumed at various times of the day
-Daniel and Wendi riding in our van...it was nice to be able to share dealing with the kids (ok, nice for me...prob not so much for them)
And low points:
-kids in our room...they actually did really good, but we had to get pretty good and sneaking in and out
-bad fishing
-pounds gained
