Beach Time

For some crazy reason, Emma woke up at about 4:00am saying that she was scared.  Lennard got her settled again, but she kept waking up about three more times after that.  Grrr!  We had a super lazy morning since we were all tired (except Ben - who slept through everything!).  We had our breakfast and the kids played with Payton for a while.  We then decided that we needed to make another visit to the bakery in Kimberley, so off we went!  We loaded up on sugar and then headed back to the campsite to get some swimming gear and toys for the kids before going in to Cranbrook to have lunch with Rachel at her house.  The kids were excited to get to play with their cousins again.  We checked out their new tent trailer - which Emma and Ben inform us that they would prefer...  

After lunch, we all loaded up and headed out to Moyie Lake.  Wow!  It is so beautiful!

We had no idea what to expect, so Lennard and I didn't even bring our swim suits.  We just figured the kids would play with their sand toys and maybe wade a bit.  Boy, were we wrong!  As soon as we arrived we were wishing that we'd had our suits.  It was so hot!  We'd brought our loungers so we had something to sit on.  Thankfully, Rachel brought her beach umbrella so that gave us a little shade.

The kids were in the water before we could hardly blink... but it is so shallow for a long way out that we didn't worry at all.  They had so much fun just going wherever they wanted.  It was great!

 Rachel brought their kayaks out and Ben took to it like a duck to water.  He loved every minute and was really good at it too!  We may just have to look at getting one for the kids to share... who knows.

Emma tried it out too and loved it.  It took her a little bit longer to pick up the paddling, but she got it. Seriously - so much fun!

Lennard and I waded quite a ways out into the lake and cooled off a few times.  I ended up stepping on a bee and got stung, so the cool water felt good on my foot (once I was able to walk again without my foot feeling like it was on fire).

 Emma loves the sand... so much that she had sand everywhere... literally!  I wish that there had been an outside shower for her because it was quite the chore trying to clean her off.  She went in the lake, but there was so much sand inside her suit that it almost looked like she hadn't washed off at all.  Crazy girl!  At least she had fun!

 Ben found a few friends to play with and had fun digging and filling holes with water.

After a few hours at the lake, it was getting close to dinner time, so we packed up and said goodbye to Rachel's family.  We stopped in at the campground to check out the sites and plan for a trip next year.  I can't wait!

We had dinner back at the campsite.  We tried to eat outside as it was absolutely beautiful, but there were so many wasps that we couldn't eat without them dive bombing us.  Ridiculous!  We're going to have to buy a screen tent to put over the picnic table for our next camping trips.

It's hard to believe that the week is already over and that we're heading home tomorrow.  It's been such a great week together.  I'm not ready for 'real' life again!