You know you had a fun weekend when you barely have any energy or strength the day after you get home. I'm dragging a bit today, but the full weekend at the lake was definitely worth it.
We arrived Friday afternoon to a rainy Lake McQueeney. But after a few showers left over from Hurricane Alex, the sky cleared and the sun came out for the next three days! We really lucked out on the weather. It's always a bit cooler at the lake and breezier. It's been well over a hundred in Houston, so it was a nice break. Saturday, we skiied, had boat rides and played with all five dogs. We stopped by the Wonder World animal park that afternoon, melting in the sticky summer heat. Although Orien has a love for animals, he was slightly nervous getting so close to deer, turkeys, peacocks and goats. We rode a train through the park and fed all the animals. Afterward, we ate at the amazing Grismill in Gruene...one of the best parts of being at the lake! We even were seated right next to some good family friends of ours who we haven't seen in a long time.
On Sunday came more boating and hanging out around the house. Our friend Ashton from Baylor arrived with her boyfriend Ryan that day. We invited them to spend the Fourth with us. Ashton is a sorority sister and long-time friend who has moved back to TX after going to grad school in TN. We missed her!!! We had an awesome time with them on the boat. The highlight of the weekend was definitely the boat parade water balloon fight. If you have ever been on lake McQueeney during the Fourth you know how intense this gets!!! And it's the adults who really get into it. Since the parade didn't have as many boats as they usually do, we decided to jump in with our boat and get smack in the middle of the action. Nearly every dock on the lake has groups of people armed with water balloons just waiting for the boats to drive by. We got tortured and hit and smacked and slapped with TONS of water balloons. After getting hit in the eye, I ended up hiding in the boat curled in a ball on the ground...so pathetic but oddly fun at the same time.
We stopped by the Grismill for round two that night with our friends. Brett took a minor detour on the way home and stocked up on fireworks. The guys were pumped. Something about fireworks makes grown men ten years old again. We didn't buy the biggest fireworks, but they were entertaining. Ash and I sat at a safe distance away and enjoyed the mini-firework show :) We could see huge fireworks all across the night sky...it was a perfect ending to the weekend. Monday we all cleaned, packed up and headed home. It was such a relaxing and fun-filled weekend. I'm SO glad our friends could come spend some time with us too. Enjoy our photos!!
David bringing Princess to the boat.
Feeding the pups.
