Good Friends and the Lake!

I have to say, so far the summer has been awesome! Lazy summer days of sleeping in, getting together with friends, going to the lake, and just doing whatever we want is my kind of life :-) On Monday, one of my dearest friends, Melanie, came to visit for the day with her 3 girls. We met as roommates in our dorm room at MSU and have been good friends ever since. We've been there for each other through it all - wild nights of partying in college, dating, exams, marriage, babies - and all the good and bad times in between. I can honestly say that Melanie is one of the most caring people I know, and I love that even though there is some distance between us, we always remain close. Thank you for being such a great friend, Melanie!! We had such a great time on Monday, and I think Brett really enjoyed having 3 pretty girls to play with :-) We went out to lunch, got ice cream, went to Timbertown, and then had pizza and wine for dinner. Yeah, it was a pretty perfect day and I can't wait to do it again!!

Brett, Zoey, and Abby enjoying popsicles after playing at Timbertown. They went and sat down like that all by themselves...so cute!

"CHEESE!!"

Abby, Noelle, and Brett 

After dinner Brett and Noelle joined Kyle in some beach ball soccer. Nice kick Brett!

And you too, Noelle!!

 Brett and I got up this morning and decided it would be a great day to go the lake, so after some morning cartoons and breakfast we were on our way. We've gone to many different lakes this summer, but I never brought my camera...until today! So here are some pictures of my most favorite lake in the area, Pickerel Lake. 

Frisbee in one hand and net in the other...yep, he was ready!

Brett's actually gotten pretty good at throwing and catching so we had a great game of Frisbee going on!

Brett loves his net!

This lake makes me feel like I'm up north on vacation!! So beautiful!!!

Before we left, Brett got to watch these guys take their canoe out to go fishing. He was in awe! I think a canoe trip at Gallup park is definitely in order soon! Brett was also proud to show off his net to the little boy. Brett went up to him and confidently said "I have a net to catch fish. Do you have one?" I love watching him interact with other kids!

It's been a great week, and next week should be even better!! On Sunday we are heading to Wisconsin to visit Kyle's family and do a whole lot of nothing!!! Oh how I love summer!!!