Journey to Pridemore Pastures : Fun times at the lake!

Friday, August 26 was a very important day for our family. It was the girls first trip out on the lake! Ronnie would rather be out on the lake than anywhere else in the world, and I quite enjoy it too. He is literally counting down the months (weeks?) until he buys a boat…there will definitely be one around next summer…but this past weekend one of his coworkers was kind enough to let us use his boat out on Taylorsville Lake. We took advantage of the opportunity!
Nic, Toni and baby Grace were able to go out on Friday so we were excited to get to spend the day with friends. A few days before we went out, Ronnie went to Dick’s to get Kendall an infant life jacket. We had already purchased some boat “accessories” that were 50% off – life jackets for the girls and Ronnie for next summer, but Kendall isn’t quite big enough for it hers yet so she needed one that fit. While he was there he found a really nice tube that was half off. Perfect!

Unfortunately, Ella woke up the night before with a 102 degree fever. It was at least 102…she had her mouth open the majority of the time that I was taking her temperature, so who knows how high it really was. I was expecting to have to stay home with the girls while Ronnie went out on the lake, but the next morning she seemed to be feeling much better and was anxious to go out on the boat, so we all went!

We had a great time…well, everyone but Ella! Poor thing, after splashing around in the water for awhile, she became very quiet and actually ended up falling asleep on the boat. Anyone who is around Ella very often knows this is NOT the norm for her…she usually doesn’t sleep anywhere except her bed or occasionally the car. She went out on the tube once and had no expression whatsoever. No cries, but no smiles. I felt so bad for her, she had been so excited! The girls and I only ended up staying out a couple of hours, then I took them home. Ella woke up when we went to put gas in the boat and she was begging to go home, and at that point Kendall was desperate for a nap. When we got home I realized that Ella's temperature was very high again, and she ended up falling asleep curled up in a chair in the living room. I hate seeing my girls sick!

We still had a great time on the lake, and it was a nice little taste of many fun times to be had in the future! Both the girls were able to splash around a little in the water and got to ride on the tube with Ronnie. Toni and I were able to ride on the tube together. And of course Nic and Ronnie enjoyed throwing each other off the tube and the knee board!

Ronnie and the girls sitting on the tube