Road trip!

Last weekend, my neighbor Becky and I took the 4 girls, Maggie, Maya, Megan, and Lily, on a little 4 1/2 hour road trip to Milwaukee where Becky's parents live. We left at bedtime, hoping they would all sleep the time away...well, it took 2 hours and 1 potty stop, but all 4 of them finally fell asleep around 10pm. Not too shabby.

This is their house.

This is the view from their house! It was absolutely beautiful. I can't remember the name of the lake, but there were several of these little bays that were no wake zones, so it was very peaceful. As you can tell, almost everyone had a pontoon boat and many had speed boats as well. The lake was mostly less than 10 feet deep and was covered with weeds, the only bad part seeing as I am terrified of sea weeds. Yuck!!!!

The neighbors had this swing tied way up high in a tree and the kids had a blast doing really big swings!

Here are the kids "feeding" the fish with none other than goldfish crackers. : )

Here fishy, fishy...

The other favorite passtime was playing in the pea gravel that was the "beach". I think grandma and grandpa need a new load to replace all that the kids threw into the water!

Sitting on the dock.

Watching the fish again.

Here they are in the front of grandpa's speed boat. We were headed out to go tubing!

Maggie and I went really fast! Too fast over a few waves and she got freaked out and was done with that. : )

Maya wasn't sold on this whole tubing thing either. She layed down cuz she was scared, holding on for dear life, and we hadn't even started moving yet.

Once she realized she wasn't going to fall off, she relaxed a bit and had a good time.

Lily on the other hand is a dare devil and her and I went really fast!!!

We stopped on a sandbar in the middle of the lake (weed free of course), and we got out and swam around a little bit.

The gang's all here!

One night grandpa got out his guitar and had a sing-a-long with girls. On the playlist were such classics as Old MacDonald, Wheels on the Bus and You Are My Sunshine.

Finally, after a long, fun, busy weekend, we set out for home. NONE of them slept a wink, and Maya talked the ENTIRE way home - a total of about 6 hours, which included 4 potty stops and a dinner stop. Needless to say Becky and I were more than ready to get out of there!!!!!

We had an awesome time though. Becky's parents were wonderful hosts and we all had a chance to chill and unwind...Becky and I were even treated to a pedicure!!! My toes are sparkling. We'll have to do it again next year.