July 4th at the lake

We headed up to my parents' house to spend July 4th at the lake. Its funny. Sometimes when I'm down there with the boys, I can't help but remember the many times I spent down at that very beach (there's much more beach now though!) when I was young. I especially remember many Memorial Day and July 4th picnics. Now my boys get to have similar experiences. Parker enjoyed chilling out...


While Thomas tried his hand with the boogie board (not that there are waves enough for using this properly...he just liked floating on it and dragging it around):


And sometimes there was the occasional flop...


Parker just sat back and watched from his comfy seat...


Thomas had a ball. He loves the water now. He cannot stay in long enough...




I never can get him to look at me though...




I was impressed with how long Parker was willing to wear the sunglasses. He thought they were pretty funny.


The night before we enjoyed a delicious cook out with my parents and their neighbors (who feel like family) and their oldest daughter and her husband. The oldest daughter is a great friend of mine whom I don't get to see as often as I like, so it was great to see everyone. I stole picture from Mrs. B's camera that she took of our family that night. It goes to show you what happens when you try to take a family photo next to a plate of cheese and crackers...


Parker took the cheese, Thomas preferred the crackers. :)

One of these days we are going to get a decent family photo!