Fish Lake

I wasn't sure if I wanted to go this year to Fish Lake. The appeal of James and Edin being gone for three days was quite a lure. Just Lizzie to worry about, two girls to feed, no boys to make noise--man it sounded good. But in the end I decided to go. A family vacation would be good for us. And it was.

Edin basically slept like poo both nights. "It's too dark," "I'm scared," "I'm cold," "Daddy, where are?" For crying out loud kid! But he had a lot of fun during the day. James work up Edin at 6:50 to take him on the boat. We bought him a life jacket and he looks so dang cute in it. Lizzie and I stayed on shore and slept in. She woke up at 8:50 and then laid in bed with me staring at the ceiling until 9:20. Then Mike and I played SkipBo because there was basically nothing else to do. Kate slept, Lizzie toddled around, and we played cards. Wahoo. Breakfast was tasty and it was nap time again. For me. I get me a nap any time I can. I have my whole life. Finally it was my turn to go fishing. Don't worry, I caught NOTHING. Skunked again. I think I've only ever caught one fish my whole life. Pathetic! It was nice to relax on the lake though. James had the kids and I could kick back.

This second night Edin was particularly funny about going to bed. It was about 9:30, way past his bed time, and he kept saying "I want to go home. I want to go home. I want to go na-night in the car and go home." Poor thing. The second we got him dressed and put him on James' shoulder he fell asleep. I'm not exaggerating, one second.

Edin followed Bailey around the whole trip. He wanted to go everywhere with her. If he wasn't following Bailey, he followed Alex. Alex took good care of Edin. Oh yeah, and we bought Edin the cutest fishing pole you've ever seen. It came with a back pack, sunglasses, the pole and a small tackle box. He loves that thing. We didn't put a hook on it but he didn't mind. It came with a rubber fish Edin pretended with.

Here's some pictures of the trip:

This is on the way down. We had just purchased Edin's pole. He slept with it!

James helping set up the awesome shade tent.

Edin thought this tent was pretty awesome.

The best chocolate face ever.

Lizzie would sit in the stroller for ten minutes at a time just watching everything going on.

We were all pretty excited to start a fire.

James with wood.

Edin loves seeing fire...from a distance.

Lizzie was much to brave around the fire.

This is how Edin really feels about fish.

Lizzie actually touched it!

What Edin is holding in his hand used to be called licorice. Now it's called "heck no." "I want one." "Heck no." "I want a heck no."

Knock knock

Having "breakfast" after fishing. It was like noon.

This is Baby Kate. We tried to keep her busy while we played games.

Edin and Bailey playing on a rock.

A little game of cards

Becky helping Bailey get her fish off the pole.

Annie and Bailey on the boat.

Sammy and Alex fishing.

The millionth fish Bailey caught. Look at the colors!