Monday, June 09, 2014

tis the season....


Spring has arrived!!!and suddenly, it would seem as though our "to do"list is filled to the brim. Our big focus, to get the rental places ready for the summer visitors. The beach house has been our biggest project... it has come to the time where the "big ticket" items need our attention. Last year it was a new roof .... 
This year, the front porch. Because we had some leakage with the roof (before we got it done)...Ed feared that there could be some damage to the porch... he got "digging around" and sure enough....
He found the "trouble" that he feared.  We're on a time crunch (when aren't we).. so it's full attention to this project.....
But good weather, and views like this, somehow make the job go better.  
Funny .. when you go "looking for trouble, you can usually find it". We are feeling the panic of getting it done before our summer season begins, but we always seem to manage...... deep breaths!!!!

And Camille will over see that we get it all done!!!!!
Course, we never can do "just one thing at a time".... camp calls and we have projects that need to be done there as well.  So, one day at the beach and the next at the lake. Reagan is very interested in this project!!!!
It won't be long before we can use his help with the docks... but for now, he gets "away with"  yelling to Daddy, Papa and Jesse out the window.....
Abbie took seconds to get her bathing suit on... she can hardly wait for the first swim of the season.... it was hard keeping her and Reagan "entertained" until the docks got in....
Domino's and trucks helped some... but the game was short lived....
Putting in docks takes time. Fortunately the day was warm, and the lake wasn't "so bad" once you got in and wet. Because Ed had the help, he wanted to take his time, and get them in the right place and even. Some summers, they sort of get "thrown in" and then we say all summer how they're not exactly right...
This summer...they'll be "right".....
Everyone is getting anxious ..... even the dogs are asking when they can go in....
Abbie gave up waiting and decided to get in the water via the rocks. She gets the "first one in award" this summer.....
Goodness!!! a level??? "Papa" is being very picky this year... I guess he thinks that the docks will get plenty of use this summer!!!!

Finally, they  are all in place, and everyone can get in for the first swim of the summer.... Reagan and Kas getting their toes wet....
And a new float has it's trial run.....
Looking good......
Here's our "little fish"... Abbie loves the lake, and I dare say, there will be days where we will "never get her out of the water"..... she says that this year, she's going to "jump off the docks".. I bet she will......












So, summer has officially begun around here.... houses are opened and getting ready.. docks in the lake, warm weather on the horizon, and we're going to enjoy every moment possible,because we all know... it's never here long enough.....