Happy 4th of July!

Our 4th of July plans this year meant a day at the lake! Along with Roger, Blair and Katelyn; we packed up and headed down to the lake to meet my parents and hopefully get some sun and a nice long boat ride. We arrived around 11 with sunny skies and a nice breeze. It wasn't long before we had to get into the water-it was HOT! Luckily there were plenty of floats to lay on and cool off. Emma was not into swimming in the lake AT ALL-she screamed and I mean screamed when I put her in the water. Even after she got out, she was screaming for me to get out until she was distracted by the music on the boat. Matt took Blair and then Katelyn on a nice :) jet ski ride before we had Dad's "famous" ribs for lunch. Then it was time to head out onto the water-the sky was starting to look a little dark, but we were heading off anyway. We made it to Queens Landing and about 15 minutes after we docked, the sky was getting dark. And sure enough-the bottom fell out. We waited for almost an hour for the storm to pass and it got very cold out. We all bundled up under towels (and it started raining again) and braced for the chilly ride back. Of course, after we got back to the house the rain was completely gone and the water was very calm. But it was still pretty chilly. We decided that we would head on home and made it home in time to watch the NYC fireworks on TV. It's not quite the same as real fireworks, but it was probably better to stay in than try and take Luke out to the loud noise. The rain threw off my plan to get a bunch of family pictures-including Katelyn and I in matching bathing suits-ha!-so I only have a few from the boat.