Such a fun weekend of memory-making!
On Friday, as everyone woke up and got moving, we all had a wonderful breakfast with pancakes, eggs, muffins, and bacon. Jeff was very excited because he got to help in the kitchen, one of his very favorite things to do. Everyone was able to eat at the same time at the two large tables, one on the deck, and one in the kitchen. It was loud and boisterous and awesome!
The boys were very excited that their cousins were into video games too, especially Terraria, so they all joined the same game and collaborated on building stuff. Terraria is a game similiar to Minecraft, but has more options and tools, I am told.
Once screen time was over, the kids all piled in the boat to go tubing and cliff jumping. It’s amazing that all the kids got along so well. No arguing, or bickering happened and not even any jostling for leader of the group. They helped each other and cheered each other on as kids tried something new in the water or new in their video games (at night or early mornings). It was great to watch!
Later on Friday, the rains came, and it rained and rained. Adults and kids sat around and visited, read books, played board games or video games, and some even got a nap in, I think.
The weather was much better on Saturday, which was great because our hosts rented a large pontoon boat so there would be enough room to take the whole gang of 20 to an island in the lake for a picnic cookout and swimming. On the way to the island, both Jeff and I took our chance and went tubing. As you can see, we even went airborn! Jeff may have gotten a little sea sick after his tubing time as you can see from the look on his face. Muscles that I didn’t even know existed are sore today, but we both thought it was worth it! So much fun!
At the picnic, we were able to get all the grandkids in one spot, facing the correct direction and mostly looking at the camera.
After the picnic, both boats went back to the cliff jumping site to watch the kids (and a few adults) jump off the “cliff” which is about 10 ft above the water.
The pontoon had to go back to the marina, but the speed boat stayed at the cliffs for a bit longer, then took the kids tubing on the way back. The lake was really busy with boats so it was very choppy and so a lot of fun for the kids.
We got back just in time for dinner and relaxing a bit and more visiting before we all collapsed into bed, exhausted but happy.
Thank you to all the Kline’s and Hoffmann’s for their hospitality for the weekend. We had so much fun and and it was great getting to know everyone better and to watch all the kids have fun and make memories together too!
Kline Road Trips 