Boating and then Bye Bye - A Great Week in MN

We went out with a bang in Minnesota. On our last day, my parents dear friends, Veronica and Ralph, invited us on their boat for a day on Lake Minnetonka. It was lovely. My parents have raved about that lake over the past few years and I am so glad we got to see it ourselves. Wow! The homes on it are indescribable! The lake is huge and the water is very nice. Ralph, our captain, showed us quite a bit of the lake and stopped frequently for swim breaks for the boys. It was a wonderful day. We had an early flight the next morning so planned to wrap up our day on the lake around 7:00 in order to get the boys bathed and in bed at a decent hour. We were having such a large time that we scratched that plan and then decided to prolong our night even further by going out to eat. I'm not one to be real strict on the kids' schedules but can't say we usually take them to restaurants at 9:30pm either! We ended up having such a great night out. We laughed so hard at ourselves. We were the most disheveled looking family walking into the restaurant. Windblown hair for all of us (the guys tried to fix that with bottled water and a comb in the car but no real progress), bathing suits, wet clothes on top of our suits and a look of being on a boat for six hours. Lookin' good! The icing on the cake was the fact that poor Daddy lost one his front teeth! Long story short, he had a temporary tooth while awaiting his permanent crown. The temp broke but since it was a Sunday there wasn't much he could do. We felt bad for him but it didn't stop us from laughing hysterically every time he opened his mouth. I'm sure Daddy is wishing I didn't share that story but I never want to forget that fun day and night and I can't help it if part of the fun was at his expense :) We love you Daddy! Thanks CC and Day Day for a wonderful week! It was a blast!

Drew loves boating!
CC and the beautiful scenery.

Ralph, George, Day Day and the boys. Fun guys!

Ralph was so sweet to the boys!

Love those guys!

David chowing down on some fried chicken. We realized this was his first piece of fried chicken. Big fan!

Enjoying some swim time.

Captain Drew. Ralph seriously let Drew drive for the longest time. He was so patient with Drew and taught him a lot.

He sleeps! We laugh that David is the most active kid around. Here's proof that occasionally he does crash!

He sleeps again. Our flight home departed at 7am. It was an early morning. David was WILD the first hour or so of the flight. I'm sure the plane full of Monday morning business travelers appreciated the overhead light clicking on and off two hundred times. David eventually crashed and so did I! Entertaining him in flight is exhausting!