The Lake House... (no, not the movie)

We just recently got back from visiting my parent's house on Lake Williams in Cheney, WA. It's so beautiful there. I can't believe that they live right on the lake with a boat, jet ski, and a whole bunch of other fun stuff to do in the sun. It's pretty crazy. The weather was absolutely perfect. You couldn't have asked for a better week. It's been way too long since we've seen any of my family.

The first day we arrived my dad took Ben out and taught him how to drive the boat. It was fun. I've never seen Ben drive anything on the water before. You'd think that after you've been married for over 7 years you would have seen almost everything. I guess not.

Lizzie was hilarious every time we went out on the boat. For starters she absolutely hated wearing a life vest. She couldn't move around at all. She looked like a giant wac-a-mole (that's what we called her anyway), because all that was left of her besides the vest was her head. Poor girl. We laughed so hard whenever she tried to clap her hands together, she couldn't quite reach the other one. I know it sounds mean, but it was really funny to watch. She didn't really know what to think of the boat. It was like riding in a car, but with way more bumps. It would make her so sleepy. One second she'd be all excited about the water spraying everywhere, and then the next second her eyes would be all droopy. The boat will definitely be more fun the older she gets.

Good thing my mom was prepared. She had a little inflatable pool for Lizzie to play around in. She loved it. Lizzie was in there every single day multiple times a day. She loves the water. I wonder where she gets that from? :) It was a nice place to cool her off too, since it was so hot out. We took her down to the "beach" one day so she could play around in the lake, but it wasn't really a beach. Not to us Californians anyways. It was all rocks and she was too interested in all the kids playing on the dock to notice any water.
It was a really great time at my parents house. And it was even better because I got to see my Grandparents! I think Ben got his fill of the jet ski too. Every 30 minutes... You wanna go for a ride? You couldn't get him off that thing. I'm glad he had a good time too.

Guess who just turned one...

I can't believe she's already one year old. Sorry it took so long to get pictures in here. It's been a pretty crazy week. Lizzie had her very first ear infection this last week. So much fun (not really). At least we caught it early enough that it didn't have time to become seriuos one. She's still really irritated and cranky though. Today is the last day for her medicince, so she should be all better now. I'm glad it happen now instead of a couple weeks from now when we fly to Spokane. That would have been a nightmare.

Back to the birthday party though. We had it a couple of Sundays ago over Memorial Day weekend over and Ben and Lisa Cox's house. It was good times, getting together with all the people who had helped us with Little Lizzie over the last year. Thank you, by the way, for all of you continued support and encouragement. (You know who you are). It means the world to us. Ben was such an awesome host. Lizzie got to play with all of his animals and even go on her very first pony ride. Well, it wasn't really a pony. It was Sugar who's a big, beautiful horse. There was also the typical birthday stuff... cake, presents, food, family, and friends. It was a very good day.

I've got a lot more pictures and stuff to talk about, but there's a baby calling for me.