Back On The Lake!!!

It was a beautiful day...that translates into "it's a lake day!" After a busy morning/afternoon, we made our way to the lake to check things out! We have never made it out on the lake in April, but today we did! We had lots of fun; followed by a little bit of an adventure. It seems the first time out each season brings along a new opportunity to learn about what can go wrong. In prior seasons we have had planing issues, generator issues, and then today we had engine issues! We really aren't sure how we fixed it, but at one point we had no engine power! That's right, there are two...neither of them made a sound. After doing our best to figure things out...the manual was retrieved from the cabin and did not give us much to work with...we tried calling the marina. They told us they were racking their brains, but they just didn't have anything big enough to tow us in. So, we tried one last time and managed to get the port engine going. Once we were in route, we actually got the other one going too. Prior to momentarily losing our engines (for 45min), we had a nice ride and Blakely got to get her toes wet! As you can see from the picture of her "driving" the boat...she was not phased by the lack of engine power! Once we made it safely to the marina, she was thrilled to find the ducks were still there waiting to be fed more goldfish! All in all, it was a great day...another lesson learned!!!

Easter with the Family!

We had a great Easter! It was lots of fun having most of my family join us at our house after everyone got home from church and had a chance to change clothes. We decorated more eggs, had a yummy lunch, and then had an Easter Egg hunt. It was lots of fun! We finally had some nice weather, so we headed to the backyard to take a few family pics! Blakely had lots of fun!

The Easter Bunny Visits Blakely!

Blakely was very excited when she saw that the Easter Bunny came to see her! She was even more surprised when she found the letter from the E.B. himself! He left her a thank-you letter because she left him a special egg. He also hid 12 eggs for her to find! After eating one treat(a Reece's Egg) it was off to the bath tub to play with her little doll that can swim. After that it was time for a real breakfast, and then off to church! We had a beautiful Easter Service to help get our hearts and minds in the right place! What a special day!

Blakely Decorates Easter Eggs!

Blakely had lots of fun decorating her eggs this year. She wanted everyone to decorate their own, and she wanted to mix up the dye by herself! We had lots of fun, and we made lots of beautiful eggs. The best part was when Blakely asked to make a special egg for the Easter Bunny. She wanted to give him something to keep since he was going to leave her something! As you can see above, she made a very special egg and a note...complete with an illustration. She was so excited when he left her a thank-you note!

Blakely Loves Easter Egg Hunts!

This year we had lots of Easter Egg Hunts! Our first stop was the Annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Mahoney's. We had lots of fun, and the family picture above was taken there. The next egg hunt happened at school..those pics are the ones with Blakely in her polka dotted coat. Finally on Easter Sunday, we had two egg hunts. The first one was from the Easter Bunny himself (inside our house) and the next one was in our backyard after church and a change of clothes! You can see Blakely celebrating finding the last egg! Needless to say, we have lots of candy and plastic eggs!