Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Lake Weekend

The lake + a long weekend + great weather + renting a boat + relaxing on the beach + eating good food + being together with family = heaven.

Here are just a few (well, a few more than a few) pictures of our wonderful weekend as a Hook family.
Papa and the girls
Cousins = best friends
Warning: a lot of boating pictures. First, the girls and their mamas (common denominator: smiling moms & less than impressed little girls)
Clara loved driving the boat with both Papa and Daddy
Gotta love boat hair
The perfect picnic spot: campground at Upper Priest Lake
On the way back through the thoroughfare connecting upper and lower Priest lake, we decided to attempt a mother-daughter tube ride (we went five miles per hour, mind you). It was definitely a success. Clara loved it.
My sweet niece, loving the boat ride
And everyone else loving it too...
Both girls napped on the trip back. Clara snuggled with her daddy.
I promised Anna that this picture wouldn't hit the blog, but it is just too cute. Sorry Anna. Do you see a mother/daughter resemblance or what? (and not just the bed head ;))
Playing on the swing set outside Hills after a lovely Sunday brunch.

10 comments:

Greta said...

Love love love the tubing pictures of you and Clara. So sweet.

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The Boggs Family said...

:) :) :) :) Can't stop smiling & loving the ways your family continues to build adventures that forever will be precious memories & shape Clara (and all your kiddos!) into amazing, outgoing, adventurous grown ups! :) Sure love you guys to pieces!!! HUGS! By the way, these pictures are darling!!! And I'm glad you put the super cute one of Anna & Sophia in there --- soooo dang adorable! All the pics, and Jonathan looks like a model driving the boat! ;) And you, too, my dear... you are radiant & I can't wait to meet that beautiful little one growing inside you! I just love ultrasound pics and the sweet anticipation of meeting a miracle. :) Love you tons!!

DanG said...

Great Pics of everyone!! You are one lucky family to be up at Priest so much!!

Dan and Shell said...

That was me...don't know when Dan got his own google account....it's for all the times he comments on blogs ;)

Anonymous said...

BIG BIG BIG trouble, sister dear!!!! :) The pics are wonderful; GREAT job capturing our special time together! Loves, Anna

Kimmer said...

looks like such a great time together! The lake looks so beautiful and calm in the first picture. :) And the tubing pictures are so cute--I love the one of you two looking at each other.

Libby said...

that seriously is heaven! i want to do that so badly!!

carly said...

such great pics1 especially the one of anna and sophia. ;) andrew got to experience his first tube ride this weekend too! so fun!

Blomgrens said...

I LOVE the pictures of you and Clara on the tube, so sweet. I also have to say Anna the one of you and Ia is adorable and yes, you look so much alike!