The Lake

On we go...
The rest of my family (EVERYBODY) arrived in the afternoon.
And so it begins...

The lake flooded like crazy about two years ago. (We could SKI in what used to be the PARKING LOT.) This year, it retreated somewhat. (Now the buoys are over the parking lot.) Here's what it left behind. My flip flops got caught in the mud and broke when I tried to pull them out.

 Feet in the lake...before the flip flops were destroyed.

Tubing...and fooling around with the effects...

At dinner, we all gather for a picnic.

If there isn't enough room on the ground...we take to the trees! :)

Family. With my cousin in the bottom photo is a girl we made friends with up there. She and her sisters hung out with us the whole week.

This is my cousin and her fiance. Congrats!

We were up at the lake for my cousin D's birthday.
We had a lot of cake...

The homemade Olympic Games after dinner. We also had an obstacle course and water balloon catapults. Yes, ALL of those people are my family.

One night, we stayed out late of the large lawn outside the condos.

What we're sitting on is a homemade human rubber band. Four people get in it, stretch it out like a square, and the opposing people take turns running towards each other and you try to stay on your feet as long as possible. We discovered it also serves as a "circle time" bench.

We are all little children at heart. I admit it, you admit it. :)
It wasn't REALLY that dark. We went inside before it got too dark to see.

My cousins and I also saved a water bug named Renches.

This was a teensy-tiny pitiful attempt at a summary of my EPIC vacation.
Okay, that's it people! For now...
Look for pics of my sister and I tandem skiing!!!!!!!!!!
Bye!