Lee Ann and her family came for their annual summer visit to the lake house.  The whole clan streamed in over the two weeks, and we stayed pretty busy.  The kids tubed, did some skiing (or spent some time trying to learn) swam, kayaked, took a lazy float down the Little Tallapoosa, had a campout, and learned to jump from a rope swing and we all did a lot of eating.  Jimmy, bless his heart, worked himself to death getting everything ready for the visit.  We had 10 to 15 people there most of the time, with some dropins throughout the weeks.

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the weeks.

On the water:

Lee Ann demonstrated her rope swinging skills for her girls.  But, the swing was too high for them.

So they chose to jump from the ‘cliffs’.

 

Georgia and Lexie try their skills with the kayaks.    Ila gets advice from her mom, then gets up on the skis.

IGeorgia has her first ski adventure.  Abigail comes up out of the water.

Lexie is a pro.

Lee Ann still has it!  Couldn’t let those young whippersnappers get too cocky!

That’s no ham-that’s just Ila being Ila.

Dianne and Sue both take their first wave runner rides.  I think we may have created two wave runner junkies!

                                                                                  So Papa J decided to make the kids a shorter version of the rope swing.                                                                                                                 But when you’re at the lake, there’s also that time to just relax and enjoy.

 

                                                                                    Then there was the nature hike, the campout, the river float, and lots of good food and good times.

               Floating down the river.

Bert with his entourage.

And, yes, these two old ladies kept up with the others with their motors by paddling for four hours.

And probably my favorite, boat rides til sunset.