We spent the first part of our summer vacation with my parents at their house in North Hero, Vermont. A couple years ago, right before we moved to Oklahoma, they bought a small house right on Lake Champlain and hired my brother in law (and briefly Robbie as well) to add some space onto it and renovate the existing house. It's a beautiful place, and we love that their backyard is the lake, so we were pretty sad when they announced they were moving to Idaho for a new job and were selling their old house.
We wanted to take every opportunity we could to get out on their boat and have some fun while there. It rained a lot during our entire vacation, but we did manage to get out on the boat a few times.
Rob had a lot of fun tubing and the girls had a blast watching Papa try to make him fall off.
Genesis was not happy about having a life jacket on AT ALL.
Gwen went out on the raft first with Rob. She had a blast on it last year, so we thought she would again this year. After a few bumps, and almost falling off while Rob was readjusting his grip, Gwen had enough and got off, and no amount of asking and begging would get her back on. So she enjoyed watching others do it instead.
Grace went on the raft next with Rob. She enjoyed it last year as well, and was super excited to do it again this year.
She had a blast!! Even when she and Rob fell off, she got back on and did it over and over again. It was all she could talk about....that and how she kept wanting to go faster and faster. This girl is so daring and has no fear!!
Georgia was too small to go out on the raft last year, which made her so mad, so we thought for sure she would want to do it this year. Nope. Not at all. She had no desire to even sit on the raft. All she wanted to do was swim in the lake. So while we were on the boat, she watched everyone take a turn, and helped pull them in when they were done or needed a break.
Genni finally gave in to the rocking of the boat and took a nap. She slept the entire time we were out there.
We got to go out once or twice more, and we had tons of fun. We're sad that it was probably our last time to do this with my parents, but we're blessed that we had the opportunity to take our kids boating so much over the past few years and give them this experience, and grateful that my parents were able to provide that opportunity for us. We will miss it!!
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