Summer time at the lake

A couple of weekends ago, Seth, Elem, and I packed up in the new jeep and headed to the lake! We ended up going to 2 lakes actually-Lake Catherine and Lame Hamilton, they are both located in Hot Springs, which is just about 45 minutes away from where we live, and the two lakes only separated by the damn. We have friends that have a condo on Lake Hamilton-Tommy and Mandi, and then family who have a house on Lake Catherine-Chad and Leslie. This works out great for us, because we can go either place for free, eat their food, go on their boat, play in their sand, swim in their swimming pool, and simply take advantage of their lakeside views. Fabulous. Just fabulous.



Seth and I are major lake lovers. Beach lovers too, but the beach is a little too far for a weekend trip these days with a 14 month old in the car. This was Elem's first trip to the lake and he ended up having so much fun! We started out at Tommy and Mandi's and got there just in time to grill some hamburgers and head to the pool to cool off. Elem took full advantage of doing what everyone does at the lake! EAT! He liked to share everything with Champ, who is just Elem's size I might add. He loves this dog. Oh and if you check out the picture above and below, you will see how he eats his cheese crackers. I have no idea where he learned to do this or if it is some obsessive compulsive thing, but as soon as he gets the cracker, he pulls and pulls until he pulls it apart, and then licks the cheese out of the inside of each cracker. Very smart, if I do say so myself. haha.


After swimming for about an hour, we headed back to the deck for a little shade, and what else? More food! Handy snack cheese and crackers have become a new favorite of Elem's these days, he likes to dip his crackers into the cheese side and then get as much on his face as possible.


We decided to head on over to Chad and Leslie's for the rest of the day, and Tommy and Mandi joined us. They have a little sand area at the edge of their yard, and it was just perfect for Elem! At first not too sure about the water or the sand.


Felt a little weird to the hands.


But with a little help from Mommy and Daddy (and Bosco the bull dog in the back ground)



Elem got wild and crazy, and there was no turning back!


He loved loved loved the lake and everything it had to offer him. He eventually fell asleep and Seth and I got to spend some much needed time together and with friends. Leslie is about to have her baby-Avery Claire, and we wont be seeing them around too much, so it was good to talk and get some sun. We will for sure be taking Elem to the lake more now that we know he can "make it" the whole day. He is a water baby that is for sure. Oh and yes this was during the Giardia (before I knew it was Giardia) time frame, which means numerous water life and people in the water near Elem most likely were infected by that nasty ole disease! Ewww!