Happy 4th! This morning we got up and drove the rest of the way to our destination, Greer's Ferry Lake, a really huge, amazing lake in Arkansas that the family has been going to for years now. Long before I met Jason, even! It used to be that Jason's grandfather lived there, but now he lives in Memphis with Pete and Eva, so the house we used to have available to us is no longer able for us to use. The lake is really special to us, however, so Jason's mom rented a house for us all for the weekend! We arrived early this morning. Jason's mom, Tim, John and his girlfriend Emily and now Jason, the girls and I are here. The first thing we did was run into town. Sheila said she had to check on a boat. We had talked about renting a boat, so this didn't come as a shock to anyone...........the fact that she meant she had to check on a boat because SHE WAS BUYING ONE did. Yup, a boat. A beatiful speedboat. We got lifevests and drove the boat (John and Sheila drove the cars) to the dock at the rented house, to the envious looks of the other boaters on the lake. We got into the house and got changed into our swimsuits........when it started to rain. Bummer. We decided to stow the boating adventure for the moment, but we still went swimming. As long as we were getting wet, we might as well have fun. When we got tired of swimming we grilled up burgers and hot dogs and had dinner, while waiting for the rain to stop. When it finally did we grabbed the fireworks and began to light them off. It began to threaten rain again and Sheila said, "Well, if it starts pouring we'll just pack it in and finish this tomorrow." The second the words were out of her mouth the heavens opened up and pelted us with a heavy downpour! We laughed as we grabbed the fireworks and scrambled for the house. We cozied up with a board game instead. Good, good times.
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