On Friday night (Allie's birthday), we loaded up the car and headed down to Lake Thunderhead in Missouri. Some friends have a home there & we'd planned to spend Saturday on the lake. After a 3 hour drive we finally made it. My friend Lisa had made a birthday cake for Miss Allie, so we sang to her & enjoyed cake before heading off to bed.
We were up bright and early Saturday morning. We were on the lake by 9:30 and spent the day tubing, swimming, boating, hanging out on the beach and jet skiing. We finally came off the water after 5:00. Everyone was beat and after a little time on the docks that evening, we were in bed by 9:30! Whew!!
I actually got into a tube. For those that know me well, know that I am not a huge fan of the water. There are fish swimming & frankly I hate fish! Anyway, after I got talked into trying the tube out with Allie, I got in & got ready to go for a ride. Keep in mind that this whole situation is very upsetting to me & I'm about to have a major anxiety attack. My heart was pounding and I couldn't catch my breath. We got started out on the bumpy ride of the tube and it went ok. I had a death grip on the handles (in fact I have burn marks on my thumbs from holding on so tight). Suddenly, we stopped moving & I flipped over the top of Allie, pushing her down into the water. We were both under & I'm not sure who was more freaked out...me or Allie. Once we floated to the surface (thank God for life jackets), we held onto each other while the boat came back for us. It was the LONGEST 5 minutes of my life. Allie was screaming, I was thinking of all of those fish under my feet & we both took in lots of water so we were coughing a bit. Not pretty! I'll never, ever tube again!! Oh, did I mention my mother reminded me that there were probably dead bodies in the bottom of the lake, under all those fish. Yes, she is as big of a fan of the water as I am!!
We got up early on Sunday morning so the kids could try fishing. They last about 5 minutes. Seriously. They hated it! We headed home & hit some bad weather on the way. We hunkered down in a Hardee's until the weather cleared up.
All in all it was a fun & relaxing trip minus the tipping of the tube and my near death encounter with fish and dead bodies!!
Allie on the jet ski. She LOVED that!
Allie on the beach
Allie swimming
Jake in the water.
Allie & Jake on the tube.
All four kiddos in the water. Allie, Lauryn, Mason & Jake
Jake jumping off of the boat
Jake lovin' the boat ride.
Allie & her friends with her cake.
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