Hot Humid Days!

We're having unseasonably hot days this week. Sunday, we went to my niece's confirmation and then attended my nephew's confirmation party. It was so hot and humid that everyone who was packed into my van was a little crabby. Mike replenished the air conditioner fluid, so at least the air conditioning was working. After we got home and realized that the temperatures were going to be hovering around 90 all week, we made a decision to spend this week at the beach.

We haven't found many lakes that have public swimming access in our new county. I did discover a lake in a neighboring county about 30 minutes away and a small beach about 8 miles away. The small lake was free admission, so we tried that one first.

The drive to the lake was fun. We crossed a long covered bridge and visited the county seat, which has many well maintained older homes (1800-1900's). The lake is small and the beach area only about 50' x 20'. Fortunately, we had the lake to ourselves most of the day. There are a number of picnic tables under trees and one area of the beach actually gets shade. I'll need to remember that next time!


Katie is in school this week and Amy is living in an apartment a few hours away. It was weird to go to the beach and only need to keep track of 5 children. My father-in-law picked up the boys this evening and will keep the boys until later in the week. The boys will be fishing and pursuing other manly activities. The remaining girls will be sewing, doing facials and manicures.