End of Summer Bash!

Since today was the last Saturday of summer vacation, Jim and I decided we should do something special.

So we went to the lake.

There is a lake that is, quite literally, down the street from our house. We drove out to it one time, but we didn't see all of it. Thanks to the internet, we found it had a swimming and picnic area.

Hmmmm, do we want to swim or not?








Are you kidding? Of course we want to swim!








And jump! And soar!








Alpha doing her Phelps-like yell.








Here we are having our picnic. I threw together 4 sandwiches along with the box of Cheez-it party mix and Oreos I bought this morning. (don't go to the grocery store hungry.....)






Beta's big thing was for us to play "womens beach volleyball".








Here are mini-Misty May-Treanor and mini-Kerri Walsh beginning their first match.








We had to adjust to a regulation-size volley ball midway through the first set.








And finally, let's not forget that we are kids at heart. We all love a good tire swing!







Once we got the girls in bed, they were both asleep within 5 minutes. That hardly ever happens. Mission accomplished!