Ava and Blake on the Lake

Yesterday we took a trip to nearby lake.  It was our first time on our boat as a family.  In fact it has been 5 years since Ed and I have used our boat.  Let's just say we have been busy.  We are so happy we did this, everyone enjoyed this trip.  We were nervous about putting the boat in and getting it out by ourselves, but it was not crowded and people were very patient.  It actually went more smoothly than even we expected.  After we put the boat in we coasted around and found a spot to eat our picnic lunch.  Then we drove around to find a place to fish.  While we were driving around Ava and Blake fell asleep, well kind of.  Blake took an hour nap:

Blake napping peacefully in the boat.

Ava slept 20 minutes in my arms and when I put her down she opened her big blue eyes and said, "Hi Mommy".  After several attempts to get her back down we gave up and she fished with Daddy.

Ava "napping" and really looking back toward Blake thinking:  See what your missing by napping Blake!

After Blake got up we fished a little more (only thing we caught was a branch) and then drove around the lake.  We came in and had dinner at the marina and headed home.  It was a great inexpensive family fun day.