Labor Day at the Lakehouse

We spent Labor Day at Mat's Mom's lakehouse in East Texas. I think we took about 150 pictures or something crazy like that, so it was hard to narrow it down. Here's my favs plus a little video or two.

Sunset boatride on Friday night.







On Saturday morning Jackson would have no part of swimming in the lake. So we took a paddleboat ride and hung out in the boathouse.





Finally Mat coaxed him in, but he was holding on very tight. Within about 30 minutes, though, he was fearless. He had a lot of fun jumping off the dock and the boat.





In case you can't understand him, he's saying, "Daddy I've been dreaming about swimming in the lake all day and all night!" Hahaha. This was literally about five minutes after he was digging his claws into Mat's shoulders to make sure he didn't let go of him in the water.

Another boatride. I wonder why Mister Baby was so sleepy? Hmmm. Maybe because he didn't sleep the entire time we were gone except for the five seconds when I was taking this picture.



This is a beautiful new barn and vineyard on the lake. The property was so large that the house and the rest of the grounds wouldn't fit in the shot. It was gorgeous, though.






Sunday we went to church in Mt. Vernon and heard Nana sing in the choir, McCurdy's for lunch, then more swimming. We went over to Randy and Charlotte's cabin for BBQ, Star Wars, and poker on Sunday night.






We spent some more time in the lake on Monday morning.





And finally we stopped in Rockwall to see my parents on the way home. My brother and sister prepared a huge feast - yum! It was great to catch up with everyone and play with the cousins. I guess we were too worn out at that point to take anymore pictures, though. It was a great family weekend!