This past Memorial Day weekend we made our annual pilgrimage up to Grandma B’s house in Lake Tomahawk.  On the way, we stopped at the lake for a day to celebrate the greatest, most bestest day of the year…the day we put the boat in the water!  In previous years, we’ve had some limited success with the boat’s annual launch.  One year I forgot to put the plug in the boat…only realizing my mistake when the boat was half full of water.  That also happened to be the same year I connected the battery backwards and fried a diode (or maybe it was a capacitor?) and disabled the boat’s electrical system.  You realize how much you rely on the boat’s electrical bilge pump at a time when the boat is half filled with water.  But this year, the entire operation went off without a hitch.

We had some great weather all four days up there, and G was able to bust out his new swimming pool and swim trunks.  Here are a few from his first dip in the pool.

He loves to put his rubber duck in his mouth while splashing in the bathtub.  Turns out the same holds true for the pool as well.

This past weekend we went up to the lake to celebrate Mother’s Day with momma and grandma.  The weather on Friday was beautifully warm and sunny.  G was itching to get into the water, but the lake was way too cold yet (as mommy and daddy can attest from putting the pier into the water).  We instead had to settle for on-shore activities such as hiking to the bend and back, playing on the swingset, and competing in some spirited games of cornhole.  These two photos are from Friday’s lunch out on the woods-side deck.