Unfortunately, Friday night it rained and almost everything in Sam's tent got soaked. Saturday it started raining in the late morning so we set up the mini computer and DVD player in Jenny's van and the kids watch "Captain America." Jenny and I managed to cook grilled cheese sandwiches for everyone while the wind and rain battered the screen tent. one side even fell down on us while we were cooking so Matt and John fixed it while we worked. I tell you what, being cold and hungry made those grilled cheese sandwiches the best tasting thing in the world! Good times!
After that, we gathered all the wet stuff and went to the laundromat when it started raining again. Kids entertained themselves with the game "7up." Matt and I joined in too. At least it was something to do while it was raining.
Nathan was asleep in the van so Jenny and Mattie stayed with him. Poor Mattie, she looks so desperate to get out.
Saturday morning while Jenny was on a walk with Mattie they came across a big snapping turtle. Jenny told us that Mattie didn't realize it was alive til after it moved. She said Mattie freaked out! So of course the kids wanted to go turtle hunting. They even wanted to try turtle meat so John made a "spear."
We were pretty sure we would never find the turtle -and we didn't. It was fun trying though.
We knew that the rain was suppose to continue through Saturday night so we took down her tent (which broke in the process) and Sam slept in the van. She loved it cause it was cold Saturday night and she was snuggly warm.
Sunday was the pay off day. We got great weather! Spent most of the day at the beach. The kids played and I read my book "Magic Street."
David had broken his arm so he couldn't immerse his cast (it was wrapped in plastic to keep it dry) in water but he at least got to play around on the inner tube.
Sam heard somewhere that mud is good for the skin so she had to try it. Yep, like that girl needs an excuse to get filthy.
Sorry there are not more pictures of Zach, but he literally just sat on his inner tube or the beach most of the time. That is only after he finally got in the water which didn't happen til after we got back to the beach after lunch. And then about an hour after that. Having a relaxing fun day is what it's all about.
We left on Monday afternoon. We had the van packed up by 9:30am and my mom called me and said they would like to come down and see us. It was great! Mom, Dad, Laura, Sydney, and Jacob came to Lake Emily. We got to show them around. After that, Dad took us out to lunch at Golden Corral.
Traffic on the drive home was heavy after we got on I90. It was stop and go all the way to Stoughton. Then it just was slow going til Janesville. We did get home and unloaded the van before a storm hit. I think it's safe to say, I'm sick of rain.
