Big lake trip 2009
Here is one of the first pictures I took when we got to the lake and ALL FOUR kids are in it! This was Jillian’s first trip there and she liked it, she was a super easy baby there just like her siblings had been. I can’t say that all four were easy this trip but they all had fun and so did John and I.
When John took just the boys to the lake a few weeks ago, Ben named the biggest bullfrog Optimus-toad. The 5 big boys spent a lot of time catching frogs and eventually got Optimus (although this was his slightly smaller friend we thought it was Optimus-toad at the time).
The boys started to turn into frogs themselves hopping across the narrow end of the pond.
Here is one picture from the big Seagull Rock swim. The rock isn’t far from shore but Ben decided to swim to it from the bay around the corner which is a big swim for him. He was with a 10 & 12 yr old and Ethan so we let him head out with his life jacket and after a few minutes John followed. It was so great for our boys to have 3 older boys to play with at the lake (there was also a 7 yr old) and these kids were the super good happy funny kind that are such a nice influence. Because the camp is down a really long driveway we totally gave the boys freedom to run around outside unsupervised and thats what I’ll miss most now that we’re home. I loved being able to tell them they could go to the frog pond alone or play soccer in the field without having to worry.
Jamie caught her first fish out in the boat with John! It was a rock bass. 
Jillian didn’t seem to mind the cold water and went out with John a bunch of times. After we got home from the trip we took her in our pool for the first time and she loved it.
I love how Jamie loves Jillian! I hope it stays that way.
What a crazy thing, I started the trip getting a picture of all four kids and thanks to a bucket of tadpoles I got some pictures of them all again right before we left. The tadpoles are home with us in an amphibian tank we got at the pet store and hopefully we’ll have some little toads and frogs to release soon.
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Such great pictures! I am so glad you guys had such a wonderful week… but I’m glad too that you’re home! See you soon!
So funny that I just happened to catch a glimpse of the “9 month” shirt on your little girl! I received the same set of t-shirts in blue for my first son three years ago, and my second son is now wearing them. I love them so much (they make great portraits!) but I’ve never been able to find them anywhere, even online. Just today I finally made my first set of onesies mimicking those shirts to give as a gift. I designed them in Illustrator and used iron-on transfer inkjet paper. What a coincidence I saw your pictures today!