Memorial Day at the Lake

Sigh, why can't all weekends be 3 days long. Think about how much happier and more productive we'd be during the 4 week days if we had 3 days of rest to look forward to? We had a fabulous Memorial Day weekend spent at my parents lakehouse on Lake LBJ in Kingsland, TX. They actually rent it out throughout the year and here is the link to the rental site if you are interested in a beachy getaway. I'm sure you can tell from pictures (if you follow me on Instagram or Snapchat... @ruthiehart1 on both) that the place is an absolute Oasis. A few rainstorms didn't stop us from having one heck of a weekend. My little family slept surprisingly really well in a 10 by 10 room together and we ate, drank, swam, boated, played games, and relaxed for 3 days. If you know Ford then you'd know he is a super safe kid so we've been hyping up swimming at the lake and driving papa's boat. I basically had to push him into the water because he was nervous and he ended up having the time of his life swimming, collecting shells, making mudpies and having fun with his cousin Embry. I think we have a fish on our hands this summer (a super safe one though). I forced him on a wave runner ride with me (don't judge, I knew he wasn't going to go on it willingly and he cried the whole time despite me staying idle and never putting on the gas). He did absolutely LOVE sitting on my dad's lap and driving the boat, it was too cute. We are going back in a week and a half to stay for 6 days and we are all really looking forward to the R&R! We did a huge shrimp boil one night... shrimp, crab legs, sausage, potatoes, corn, asparagus... to die for! Another hit of the weekend was drinking summer beer... and thus being in bed by 10pm ha. Now some pictures for ya friends.

Summer splash pad

Summer is here and Ford is having a blast! Our mornings are either spent inside or at the pool and in the late afternoons our backyard gets really good shade so we have our own baby water park set up. I couldn't convince Jon into us getting a pool so blow up water toys will have to do! I keep it set up all the time so we can go out there for 20 minutes by ourselves or invite friends over for a few hours. Ford is a little water baby and has so much fun with buckets, animals, balls, etc in the water. We have this splash pad (but cheaper at Target, couldn't find it on their website), a cheap baby pool from Wal Mart, and a slip N slide. Ford convinced Jon into getting on the slide last weekend and it was the cutest thing ever! He kept saying "Mama and baby girl slide" while Lucy and I were lounging on the deck.... I think I will let Jon be the fun parent :). These pictures are just too cute not to share. I love my boys!