Noah's First Lake Adventure

Last weekend, some of our generous friends from church invited us to their parent's lake house. It was on Sam Rayburn Lake on the Angelina River. It was so beautiful and relaxing! When we arrived and got out of the car, we could hear the frogs and crickets and actually see the stars!


Saturday morning after a delicious breakfast, Noah was ready to play! They had a pool out on the deck with a slide, Noah thought it was SO fun. We all sat at the table under the shade and watched the kids play. I could get used to that. I'd enjoy my coffee on the deck every morning and my lemonade every afternoon. It was so peaceful.
A pool and a tractor, that's all this boy needs.
After lunch, we loaded up and went for a boat ride. I wasn't sure how Noah was going to handle it, he can be kind of a nervous Nelly about some things, but he LOVED it. He and daddy sat right up front, he ate it up!
After our little cruise, they anchored the boat and got out to swim. Noah wasn't sure he wanted to get in the water so he stayed in the boat and contemplated it for a bit, then decided he was all about it.


He really wanted Brandon to let go of him so he could "swim" by himself, but when he did, he'd flop over and then start flailing his arms all over the place.
Noah LOVES to splash and I'm sure Brandon unwillingly ingested some water.
This is our friend's son, Reagan enjoying the boat ride. He had a great time "swimming" in the lake too!
Sweet little Sarah was the youngest in the group. She is four months old. What a trooper! They put this enormous life jacket on her and she was so chill. I couldn't help but smile when I looked at her in her life jacket, she looked SO cute!

This is Claire, she is in Noah's Sunday School class at church. I think they both loved having someone their own age to play with!
Back at the house Claire and Noah had more fun entertaining each other. Claire was running in a circle around Noah and he laughed SO hard!
After naptime, the boys headed down to go fishing. Poor Noah wanted to see a fish SO bad and daddy wanted to catch one for him, but no such luck.
Noah was VERY patient. I didn't think he'd stay interested as long as he did. He even learned how to reel in the line by himself.
We had such a good time. It was so nice to get away from the "city" for a while and relax. I think I see a boat purchase somewhere in our future. *smile*