Early Easter at the Lake

It's been a Jones family tradition for the last few years to celebrate Easter together the weekend before Easter. We've had fun egg hunts and lunches at Lindsay's house and enjoyed watching all the cousins have fun together. This year, we had a new nephew just over a week old who kept Eric and Mari away while Melissa and Denny were celebrating with his side of the family...Lindsay still hosted but this year it was at their lake house...Lots of Marshall's family came, family friends were there, and my parents came along for the festivities. The food was delicious - a hodge podge of salads and veggies and meat and desserts! The weather was perfect and we made good use of the deck and the yard and the lake!

Katie brought back her teal bathing suit for the 4th year in a row...Seriously - best bargain ever! She and Cole played in the sprinklers for a while before we headed out to the boat.

They got all suited up with life jackets and Katie seemed a little apprehensive at first - but Cole's excitement quickly spilled over to her!

We were on the pontoon boat so speed was not our goal for the ride. We were soaking up the sun and just enjoying being together and relaxing on the water.

We did pick up speed a few times and Katie loved watching the boat makes waves and feeling it splash in her face a bit.

She walked around the boat a bit once she got more comfortable and settled in with my mom for the rest of the ride.

Katie and Cole had spent the night together at the lake the night before all of this and I'm quite sure they stayed up late talking about cars and trucks and dolls...They were both tuckered out and the sun and the wind and the calmness of the lake allowed them to drift off to sleep!