Lake Fun

In spite of the recent cold, rainy weather, our family grabbed a partly sunny day at the lake. Yay! We brought Ginger along for her first trip to the cabin. Derek and I agreed that we will have many memories of her "growing up" at the lake right alongside our boys. While we boated, Ginger hung out at the cabin and explored. My mother-in-law tried to take her for a walk, but she had as much success as I usually have. Ginger will walk for Derek though. She knows who her boss is. :)

Walking Ginger with cousins

Braylen used some of his mowing money to buy himself some new fishing lures. I wish I could say they attracted the fish, but nobody caught even a nibble yesterday. Thankfully we still had fun on the boat, driving fast and even jumping in the water for a swim. I waterskiied a couple times, got a little too crazy with the rope and ended up with too much slack--down I went! Derek said I skiied on my lifevest for a bit. I'm feeling it today--ouch! Not to end the day with a fall, I gave it another shot and played it safe. Much better to just let go of the rope when I'm done and gently sink into the water.

Fishing buddies

Kaleb & Grandpa driving the boat

Ahhh, the first lake swim of the summer

This summer, in addition to all the usual summer activities, I'm carving out one day a week to do something that can only be described as awesome. A friend of mine pointed out a few months ago that soon, if not already, our older children will be taught evolution in the public schools. Because of this, she came up with an idea to form a group of kids who could get together once a week this summer. At these weekly gatherings, the kids will form friendships with other kids who believe the same way they do. They'll also be taught a lesson from Focus on the Family's "The Truth Chronicles," a kids' Odyssey series paralleling the adult study, "The Truth Project." We had our first session last week and I'm pumped to see how God will use this group. Braylen was excited to make a new friend, and both boys participated in the discussions on a Biblical worldview. I, along with the other moms in this group, hope to have some honest talks with our kids about Absolute Truth. We want to open up our kids' eyes to the lies of the world and the Truth of God, and we also want our kids to have friends to stand with. If I've learned anything while raising kids in today's world, it's this: I have to be an intentional parent. My child will get chewed up and spit out if he's not Biblically equipped. I love my kids too much to let that happen. It is icing on the cake to be doing this at a house on a private lake. When the lesson is done, our kids can play to their hearts' content. Water trampolines, paddle boats, swimming, playgrounds, land trampoline, jeeps. . .and God's Truth. Pretty awesome, don't you think? :)