Weekend at the Lake

We had a GREAT time camping at Cooney Resevoir over the long, holiday weekend. There were three other families that we know that camped out at the same campground with us. Blake was the youngest kiddo, but the older kids were really good about taking the time to play with her. Blake had a ton of fun playing around in the camper. Here she is playing on our bed. You can also see a little bit of the scenery in the background.The campground had a really neat play area for the kids. Blake wasn't quite big enough to enjoy it, but Lauren let her crawl around and stand up against the equipment. Lauren also took her down the slide when there weren't a lot of other kids around. Blake seemed to really like it. Here's a pic of the playground at sunrise.Blake didn't change her routine of getting up around 5:30 a.m. so she didn't always get her hair combed until Mom had a little more time to wake up. What a messy-haired, morning girl?!Here's Blake all ready to go swimming.We took the pontoon boat across the lake to a shaded, beachy area where there weren't any other people around. We spent most of Saturday & Sunday on our own "private" beach. It was nice to let the dogs (Copa, Maddie, Griz & Moose...we had canine friends along as well) off the leashes to run & play. And the kids had fun fishing, swimming, playing in the sand and relaxing...heck, the adults did too :) The campground host was very rude (it's a whole other story that I'm not even going to touch on), so we just wanted to get away and make it a more enjoyable experience for all. Blake didn't seem to mind the water temperature which was a chilly 69 degrees and even cooler in some spots. Here she is hanging with her mom in the water......and her dad on the beach.Mahayla and Emma kept Blake busy for us when she was hanging out in her pack 'n play.Blake did AWESOME all four days away from home. Here's the little cutie konked out in her pack 'n play after the first day hanging on the beach.All the girls seemed to have a lot of fun playing with Copa & Maddie. Here's an action shot of Copa chasing sand that Morgan was throwing up while Mahayla was watching.Bob found a little point to fish off of that was really close to the beach. So, he kept taking the kids over to help them fish. Braelynn was the most enthusiastic about wanting to catch a fish. Unfortunately, none of the kids were able to catch anything, but Bob did catch one walleye (he was wading out about waist deep and casting from there) when all the kiddos had given up. Here's a picture of Bob, Braelynn & Wally fishing on the point.Blake got into the swing of things pretty quickly. She had no problem napping while we were out on the beach.I couldn't resist posting a picture of Griz. He is such a busy, little guy. He's still learning, but he did pretty well this weekend...especially considering his age. I think he's only about 17 weeks old. He did show his puppy side with a few sneak attacks on Moose (a Chiuaua mix that was out with us).Copa LOVES to swim, so she was in heaven fetching sticks and just flat out swimming with everyone. Here she is bringing a stick back to the bank.Maddie doesn't like to swim as much as Copa, but she does enjoy cooling off in the shallower parts of the lake. Maddie also likes to steal the stick from Copa at the bank. She then acts as if she was the one to fetch it for you...what a weirdo!And finally, here's a picture of Blake and her daddy splashing in the water.Hopefully everyone had as wonderful a weekend as we did...including all those who were able to attend Shawn & Heather's wedding. Sorry we couldn't make it!