The kids got to go fishing on the dock. Everyone caught something except Henry who wouldn’t sit still. It actually surprises me that it didn’t hold his attention better. He’s really an outdoor kind of kid. I thought catching a fish would be worth the wait for him.
Lucas and Gillian did awesome at kayaking! They got the hang of it pretty quickly. There were times when they made it pretty far out--especially Gillian! Henry did good, but not really at going in a specific direction—Gretchen had to guide him back to shore! Josh just kept trying to steal the paddle from me. I had to keep dodging it when I was with him.
We took a boat out one day. I used to do fine on boats, but now they sort of scare me. They scare Linda, too. We were okay as long as we were in the cove, but once we hit wakes from other boats, I would just hold on for dear life! Everyone else had a really good time.We took a tube with us. Brad showed off by standing up on it. Henry, who's always up for a challenge, wanted to show us that he could do it, too! That made me a bit nervous, but secretly I thought he should get bounced off because that just part of the fun! He didn’t!
One of my favorite parts of family vacations is sitting around at night and playing cards with all of the adults. I just love doing that! We sat on the sun porch and laughed and had really good time every night! The kids ran around like crazy, doing everything they could to not have to go to bed. It was still really nice!
I do love vacations, but I'm really a home body. It was really nice to be back home.
