This past spring, Eric's dad bought a house boat on Dale Hollow Lake. We went down to visit for a weekend in July. We had a great time, well...except for the incredibly HOT weather. We arrived late Friday evening and spent the night on the boat. The next morning we headed out onto the lake. Graham was beside himself. He could hardly contain his excitement!! Unfortunately some smoke began to come from the engine and we had to anchor by the shore shortly after we headed out. But, we made the most of the day. We swam, went down the water slide (even Graham went down once!), rode the jet ski, played on the shore, swam some more and had a great time!
Due to the high heat that day, we decided to head home Saturday night. They had to go get another boat to get us back to the dock so we could be on our way. We were disappointed to cut our trip short, however about an hour outside of Cincinnati Graham got sick in the car. At that point we were very thankful we had left and were fairly close to home! Both kids suffered from some sort of illness after that, we believe it was heat exhaustion from the symptoms they showed. However, they still had such a wonderful time and talked of Grandpa's boat for weeks!
Graham showing his excitement when we first left the dock!
Ellie standing inside helping Grandpa drive the boat!
Swimming with Daddy! Graham was quite the fish that day. I would ask him if he was a blue gill or a clown fish, he would respond by saying..."No, Ma...I'm Grahamy!"
Ellie enjoying a tasty snack on the deck. Isn't she adorable in this patriotic swimsuit?!?
Swimming with Mommy!
