More Lake time....

Here was our second trip to the lake.....had a great time...with a few minor hiccups (girls mis behaving  caused us to cut this trip short)    I honestly felt like it was dejavu when I was little and I heard my mom and dad saying "That's it, we can't take it anymore....we are leaving!!"    I felt like good old Kim's voice was just spewing out of me!  Well when they say "Just wait till you have kids, you will know"  Well I am there and with a vengence!  Instead of 1 girl (me) and 3 boys in my family...it is the 4 girls I have now!
I pray everyday for strength to get through when they act up and I know they are kids...but oh my lord! 

So anyway we packed up on Friday (we were planning on staying till Sunday) and came home...no technology and pretty much a lot of silence on the way home. 

For the most part the girls had a blast as you can see by these pics, but had to write it out for two reasons...
1) It helps me to let it out (b/c I know that no family is perfect...and I have to accept that)
2) I want to be able to have the girls one day when they are older and have kids of their own and remember this event :)

My boating girls....(minus Grace - she was at home at basketball camp)

Classic Bella with spaghetti....loved just rubbing it all over her face!

This was her before the incident

This is a nice shot of them getting along :)

Anyway I hope we never have to do that again and that I hope we are not the only family that is a circus...after I type this out we are creating a chart of chores :) 

What the heck.....where was I??

All I have to say is WOW!!  Who doesn't write anything since May 28th!!   I mean summertime there are so many fun and busy things going on, but I could at least write a little here and there and post some pics so I can keep all the memories jotted down before they leave my mind!

Anyway I am going to try and get this going once again and keep it updated as often as possible!
So many fun things this summer...lots of trips to the lake (and that's what I have most pics of so that is what we will blog about)

It was a slow start to the lake other than Memorial Weekend...Wade and I had 2 weeks of vacation planned out but they didn't start until late July... so the first time we got to go down was the week of July 18th.

Bella hanging out in Aunt Stacie's condo exploring....I swear she never sits down...just walks into each room multiple times checking everything out.

 Bella and big sissy Grace on the porch looking for boats...Bella waves to each and everyone and says "HI"

These two are just clowns! 

 My poser Lizzie

 Girls building sandcastles at Frankie and Louie's...Bella just wanted to eat the sand.  Not good!

 As you can see on the bottom of her lip....sand which had been in her mouth about 2 minutes before!  Yuck!

Bella all tuckered out after a long day of boating!

This is the funiest pic of the trip!  Lizzie and Ava were playing camera with Bella and this shot was taken by Lizzie.   I think their facial expressions are hilarious!

Cute one out to lunch at Jolly Rogers!

Summer is flying by and as I write this Lizzie has 3 days left of summer vacation!  Crazy how time flies!

Weekend at the Lake...

Wade loves nothing more than being at the Lake...it doesn't matter to him if it is 100 degrees or 3 degrees out...and I have grown to love it too, because it means that I have to actually relax...and I love it!!   It gives me a chance to drink almost a whole pot of coffee and get caught up on the blogs I love, but sometimes just don't have the time to read them.   

Here are a few shots of Bella and her crawling ways...she is unstoppable now....

Heading over towards her favorite toy ever!!! 

Labor Day Weekend - Lake of the Ozarks

March weekend @ the Lake

It's typical Spring weather in the midwest!! Nothing like having gorgeous weather in the 60's the past few days to it being 33 and sleeting! Ugh!!

Well the Civey's hit the lake this weekend for a relaxing get away...

and of course we had to hit the Miner Mike's for a couple hours for the girls to burn off some energy. That place is a gold mine...kids everywhere spending all kinds of money! Here are some cute shots of Lizzie playing the bowling game!

And Grace playing some good old fashioned skee-ball! Man I remember how many times me and my brothers would battle it out to see who could get the most tickets and end up with a bouncy ball b/c those cost 50-100 tix.


The girls waiting oh so patiently for their tokens......

This game we figured produced the most tickets...so of course the girls spent a lot of time here.

And after 480 tickets, Lizzie chose "Buster" her very colorful caterpillar! Oh she was so proud.

Grace ended up with 680 tickets so her prize of choice was the biggest WOOPIE cushion I have ever seen, which ended up making them laugh over and over again on the way back to the house. Ava settled on a green stuffed animal of some sort, chocolate smarties, and a few other little games. Either way the girls had a blast and Wade and I are exhausted! Time for movie mania as the sleet pounds off the lake and the windows.....I can't wait to see the sun again!