Monday, July 5, 2010

Apple Valley Lake...

Last weekend Jeff's friend (and his wife) from his work invited our entire family to their lake house for a few days. Their house was on Apple Valley Lake which sits between Toledo, Akron, and Columbus. When Jeff asked if I wanted to go...I didn't let myself think about it too much and just said yes. I'm so glad...because we had a great time!

Brad and Eileen's house was beautiful! There was plenty of room for our 4 kids in addition to their 4. Their house came equipped with a boat, a jet ski, and a paddle boat. I can completely see how they fell in love with the place after only one visit and ended up buying a second home there.

We spent our days playing at the beach, taking boat rides, tubing, jet skiing, swimming around their dock, fishing, roasting marshmallows, playing games, paddle boating, and watching the kids enjoy one another. Although it's tough being in a new place with a curious 16 month old, I still managed to relax.

Here are some pictures from the trip...

Logan swimming at the beach

Frank at the beach

Gracie and Claire

Mary Kate and Zack...they were instant buddies!


Claire, Jeff, and Gracie ready for take off!

Logan, Jeff, and Frank


Fishing off the dock. Logan, Frank, and Claire all caught fish!


Logan, Frank, and Jared enjoying a boat ride.


Jeff and Frank cruising on the jet ski. (Frank was the only one of my kids to get on the jet ski...go figure:)


Jared, Brad, and Frank...again, Frank was the only one of my kids to get on the paddle boat.

The whole crew...(from left to right)...Gracie, Claire, Sam, Mary Kate, Zack, Frank, Jared, and Logan.
Thanks to the entire Stegman Family! We had a great time!

1 comments:

Heather Ruwe said...

looks like you guys had fun...would love to go next time! ;)