We got back from North Carolina and had a one-day turn around for Jim’s birthday party, also known as “Kicking Off Summer” with our friends. With most of our family out of town for Jim’s birthday, he decided to just spend the day skiing on our favorite lake. We invited some friends for a barbecue for dinner and some of them came to play on the lake with us as well. We owe the Robertsons a thank you for letting us use their house for the fun on the lake, and my parents and thank you for letting us use their house for the dinner. My parents were out of town, so we crashed their house without their knowledge and sent them a text photo of all of us in their yard. 🙂
We got there early and skiied as a family of four.Â
Then the Bonnells showed up with their new jet skis, which was super fun!
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Back to the house for dinner…
…and s’mores, of course!
Then the kids got a little crazy.
Which was followed by very tired. We let the kids stay up and watch a movie while the adults enjoyed the campfire. Soon it was 11:30 PM and the adults realized the kids were still awake. Needless to say, most people slept late in the next morning!










