Lake Barkley

This weekend we took the Girls to Lake Barkley. John’s Step-mom’s Mom lives there and she has a big beautiful house right on the lake. We love going there. I wish we could go more. Mimi (step-mom’s mom), Shelly (step-mom) Opa (John’s dad, means grandfather in Dutch) Alex, Maddie (Maddie Rose as Av now calls her) and Alex’s girlfriend Katlyn were all there. The Girls had so much fun. Av spent more time playing with Maddie, Alex and Katlyn. An hour would go by since I had seen her last. She loved playing with the big kids. They were so nice to her. John and I even got to take a nap together while Camille was sleeping and Av was playing. By the end she was following Maddie around like a little puppy dog and on the way home she must have said her name a hundred times. We also took our boat with us. Our boat was my grandfather’s boat. He loved the water so much and one of his favorite places was the Land Between the Lakes. He would be so happy his boat was back on those lakes. Av loved being on the boat and swimming in the lake. It was very nice to get to spend more time with John’s family. They are very fun and I have always felt very comfortable with them. Cute story about the ride home. C hates her car seat. She always has so it makes car rides kind of hard. She slept for about 1.5 hours but was awake for the rest. I had a bottle for her, which she quickly drank and then started fussing again. As I was turning around to talk to her I say Av reach her hand out to C. In Av’s hand was a small piece of her bagel that she was eating. She was going to share it with her sister. It about melted my heart. Once we got home things got a little hectic. Unpacking is about as hard as packing is. As I was trying to help unpack the car I didn’t notice that poor Av was trying to get inside the house to go potty and didn’t make it in time. At that point John told me to go inside and take care of the Girls. In the craziness of dealing with the accident I left the their toy bag in front of the Jeep. The toys were promptly run over about 5 minutes later when John moved the Jeep. Oops.