River

Even though they live so close, we hadn't seen Blake, Heather, and Skylar in ages.  Somehow we could never plan to get together until Blake and Heather were thousands of miles away in Hawaii when Heather and I finally pinned down a weekend to meet at their river house.  

It was blazing hot most of the weekend, so we were either in the water, on the boat, or in the air conditioning!

We stopped at this little beach to explore.  Soon after we got in the water, Rudy felt something brush against his leg.  Not long after that, he realized what a jellyfish sting was.  I thought he would be done for with the water after that.  He never would swim, but he did agree to do some more wading. 

Happy kids on the boat:

Just in case a simple house on the water isn't enough...

I can't explain...

It was pleasant enough to be outside at dusk in the shade.  Skylar played in the pool and the boys played with the R/C boat.

Blake took us out to the bay on Sunday.  It was hot, so I dove in.  Brady did too but couldn't be convinced to stay long.  Rudy wouldn't get in at all.  A little too disconcerting to be in such deep water.  

Cat nap!

The boys went for a nature walk while Skylar was napping.  They saw lots of birds, including a baby bald eagle!  Brady also got his opportunity for an encounter with a jelly fish.

Overall it was a pretty great chance to catch up with friends!