vacation: day one, hour 5

Here's how our first day at the lake is going down:

• 3 cups of steaming hot coffee.  Complete bliss.
• Talking about Emma Kate
• 3 chapters of my book, "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
• Discussing China trip
• 3 meals prepared: pre-breakfast fresh fruit and cheese, bacon and croissant breakfast, build-your-own sandwich lunch
• Dreaming about going to....China
• Steak marinating for grilled dinner with fresh green beans and a huge caesar salad.  Yum!
• More talking about Emma Kate
• 6 kids outside ALL morning kayaking, fishing, basketball, baseball and swimming
• Thinking about Emma doing all that with them soon
• Husband putzing with boat repairs and trailer maintenance (I'm sure he's humming he's in heaven)
• Emma Kate!
• One blog post written.

Soon to be followed by:

• boat fun on the water (read: Jim giving older boys a run for their money on the tube)
• more boat fun on the water (read: me giving littles a run for their money with the sssslllllllooooooowwwww pontoon and said tube)
• lakeside snacks
• dinner (there's a food theme here)
• bonfire
• s'mores

Wemy parent's cabin!