We were lucky to spend a week with our family at Norris Lake! We spent the days skiing, swimming, and snacking!
We started each day with all of us on the boat to go skiing - it takes some creativity to keep all the little ones happy for that long, hence the bucket of water in the boat!
Family picture on the boat
Griffin and Grace getting a ride on the paddle board
It took Grace awhile to be comfortable in the lake, but by the last day she loved swimming! She wouldn't let us touch her so she could swim all by herself.
Grace and Jordan getting a ride on the paddle board
We took lots of rides on the jet ski - Griffin loves to go fast and go over waves!
BeBop and Pop Pop got the kids a hot dog ... trying it out in the boat!
They have fun on it! It'll be fun in a few years when we can stick all the kids on the hot dog without adults!
Grace and Peyton being adorable on the back of the boat
We tried lots of group pictures of the kids ...
Grace on the horse swing
Griffin got brave and went down the water slide several times - he was loving it! It is surprisingly fast!
Splash!
Group photo
The kids with popsicles - pretty darn cute!
Jordan and Griffin loved sleeping in side by side bunk beds and loved all the bedtime stories together!
BeBop and Griffin
Griffin on his 'jet ski' ski
Mommy and Griffin
Pop Pop and Grace sharing a snack together
Driving the boat with Uncle Jason
and with Daddy!
Brooke and I with our little ones
Ha - I wish I remembered what she was saying - probably trying to tell me to put the camera down. As cute as she is in most pictures, this portrays her attitude the best! : )
This is one of Griffin's favorite things about the lake - making mud pies! Only grandparents would put up with that mess! : )
The kids love to take the party boat to the marina for ice cream:
We learned that Grace LOVES chocolate ... she picked out her own ChocoTaco and when we tried to remove it due to the excessive mess, she would scream, "chocolate! chocolate!"
Jordan and her popsicle
Griffin and his
Peyton was so proud to be a big kid with a popsicle!
More time on the hot dog
Peyton and Grace are so cute together - this is the first trip they've really been able to interact and play together and we loved watching them!
Grace loves her cousin!
Jordan reading to Grace
Pop Pop has a fishing boat that the kids don't normally go on and Griffin started asking if he could go on it a few weeks before we arrived.
So excited for his morning ride on the skeeter!
Wow! It goes REALLY fast!
He loved it!
Grace being silly
Grace saw a fish in the lake and was so excited!
Aunt Cookie helped her catch it ...
And Daddy showed it to her ... she was fascinated!
Jordan and Griffin checking out the fish
During a cook out Grace repeatedly carried her chair over to the bridge to sit ... pretty funny.
Cooking dinner
Griffin practicing on the ski trainer
Grace loves to tickle us ... and that's Griffin in the back ground!
Some tired kids after skiing!
Family picture
BeBop and Griffin
We had a water balloon fight - it was fun!
Grace was a little nervous but still had fun
Jordan likes to break them over her head!
And she even puts them down her suit - her personality cracks us up!
Griffin throwing a water balloon - so fun!
Grace in the sand box
Grace and Griffin (and a prompted kiss!)
We asked Griffin if he was going to make a big spray while skiing and in this picture he's showing us he's just going to make a little spray : )
Griffin liked to be my 'motor' on the paddle board!
We were so happy to finally see Grace swimming happily!
They even have an airplane to play on - Griffin loves it!
Grace found BeBop's glasses and played with them on for quite some time!
They have walkie talkies at the lake and the kids love to play with them!
Grace had so much fun running around on the last night!
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