Memorial Day 2016 #2

So I took A LOT of pictures this weekend. 

I took a ton the first day in case it was the only nice day --- I figured years from now we would look back and say " wow, that was a beautiful weather weekend" and not know the difference, but then Sunday was mostly gorgeous as well and Monday was totally gorgeous --- so 300+ photos later... :) 

Mom and Dad went home for a wedding Saturday night so it was just the big big kids and the kid kids.  A booze cruise is a must on the first Saturday of summer! 

We had some great Eagle sightings... just wish I had brought my zoom! 

How close can we get to Aunt Lisa/Mommy?!? 

Isaac riding the blow up jet ski --- he is happy to sit and squirt anyone that gets in his path. 

Sunday morning snuggles and smothering of Buppa --- can you spot him under all those boys? 

Close up! 

 Jimmy was excited to go for a ride with daddy. 

Buppa took Grammy out for the first fast boat ride of the season! 

Jimmy is getting pretty good at the squirt guns --- here he is happily retaliating on Isaac.

These kids played hard all weekend --- many times you could catch someone snuggling in for a rest/ snooze on the boat. Buppa was happy to accommodate! 

I think this is my favorite photo of the weekend --- looking at the eagle. 

So adorable! 

Family photo on the pier. 

Jimmy was a gamer this weekend --- first kid to do the tube ski for the season!! 

A quiet moment with Ikey 

Family paddle boat ride

James I took the paddle board out for a quick ride. He mostly sat - but we tried out our joint balancing skills on the way back in. 

Pretty great, right?!? 

This was maybe the highlight of our weekend. The minnow catching caught on with the littles too --- once TJ caught minnows, they went into the bucket --- Isaac and Ben taught themselves how to catch them with their hands (in the bucket --- still a hard feat for anyone let alone a toddler) and then would walk down the pier, go over to the shore and release the fish one at a time! 

Isaac was so joyful about the whole thing - it was adorable - except when this little hulk didn't understand his own strength and squeezed the guts out of a fish or two  :)

Good thing he didn't notice if they didn't always swim away!  

Sunday evening I some how had Isaac and Ben on the way up the stairs - I decided it would be good for all of us if they walked! Ben took WAAAAY to long so I scooped him up and we followed Isaac. 

Fast forward to Monday --- "I got it" and refused to be carried. As you can imagine, going down is much scarier than going up. Almost fell off the stairs multiple times and head first into the grill. 

But then there are moments like these :)
Happy summer everyone!