Labor Day Weekend

For Labor Day weekend this year we headed straight to Eagle Lake to hang out with the Fagan's and enjoy the last blast of a great summer. We pulled in Friday night only to find that the end of summer celebrating had already started! While the parents hung out outside by the fire with family and friends, the kids entertained themselves (very nicely, I might add!) inside the loft area, happily building forts.
Kids, all hard at work, and more importantly, working together, to get those blankets to stay up!

Tyler...

Conor...

Skylar...

A cousinly hug!

On Saturday, the weather was beautiful and we decided to pack the kids up and we all headed over to the beach. The boys played games of football and Frisbee and Tyler quickly discovered that running in the sand is hard work when you are up really late the night before. Here he is taking a breather:

The whole bunch taking a breather!

On Sunday, Laurette and I decided that since it was the last big weekend of the summer, we were going to take it easy and have a relaxing mommy day. We awoke at a leisurely time, ate, rested some more and put the men in charge of the kids! They took them to the pool, to play horseshoes, and all around Eagle Lake. The little ones, Tyler and Skylar, didn't make it all afternoon, and came back for a late lunch. After lunch, we all decided to head out on the golf cart and we went to the park for some fun. I decided to take my camera and shoot a few pictures of the kids playing:

In the evening, Eagle Lake had a firework display that was quite tremendous for such a small community. We all gathered back on the beach to watch the sunset, hang out with friends, and let the kids run around with each other one last time. We all bought raffle tickets and needless to say, we all lost, but the kids got glow sticks to play with. Thank goodness, too, after awhile, it was hard to see where your child went-- now you could just look for the color of the stick!

Skylar was brave enough to climb to the top of the lifeguard tower and pose!

We had a great weekend and were sad to leave on Monday. It was the perfect end to a bust but wonderful summer and we can't wait to do it all again next year!