Claytor Lake!

We had a wonderful vacation at Claytor Lake!  I am behind in posting, we have been home for two weeks, it already seems so long ago.  

I think each of us have different points of view, but we all agree it was a fun week.  I thought it was a very relaxing week as I watched the littles play and I took in the beautiful lake view.  H.O. would say it was a physically tiring week as he kept up with the big boys, skiing, tubing, knee boarding and wake boarding.  You know he had to teach them all he knew, I think the big boys were a bit surprised to see how good their dad was on a slalom ski and wake board!  A friend let us borrow their boat and H.O. and the big boys enjoyed every minute of it!

We tubed....

Andrew on the tube.

skied...

Taylor on ski's.

Andrew got up on the slalom ski his first try!

wake boarded...

Andrew jumping the wake on the wake board.

Taylor wake boarding.

and enjoyed exploring around the lake.

Taylor took a boater safety course before we left for vacation.

Our house and view for the week...

We also enjoyed...

hanging out on the dock while the kids played.

We had fun at the beach at the State Park.

We had daily visits from the local ducks.

We enjoyed sitting around the fire in the evenings.

Lots of fishing took place, the older boys(which includes H.O.) are a bit  no a lot competitive, anytime some one would catch a fish others would start fishing to try and see who could catch the most.  Andrew caught the most that week.

The kids had fun playing in the yard.

We also made homemade ice cream, twice!  Yummy!

H.O.'s brother joined us for the week, we enjoyed having him with us.

And then the time had come, we had to head home.

Taylor taking in one last glimpse of the beautiful lake view.

Our family as we prepared to leave.  Don't know what crazy face Seth is making, it is so hard to get a decent family picture with the eight of us!

Taylor told one last joke and we headed home.

Definitely a great week with great family memories made!