WV Fun Part 2

I wanted to put more pictures of our fantastic time we had in West Virginia.

I can see our time getting busier and busier as the days go by and as soon as our home sells I will be swamped with packing and trying to find a new home! :) So.... more West Virginia Fun!

Tygart Lake - Jenny rented a pontoon boat for us all to have fun on the lake with family!

I can't remember which son this is - Justice or Honor? He was so funny to watch up on the rock we started a running commentary of his time on top of the rock - to jump? or not to jump? He did jump but it took him a minute or two! :)

Cousin Mark and PawPaw - trying to look like Santa I think. :)

Baby Grace - such a cutie!

Courage driving the boat! AND what a ham - he loved having his picture taken!

Cousin Mark & his lovely wife; Faith :)

Cousins Calvin & Asher encouraging Patrick to jump... (what's wrong with this picture!?)

My son leaps........ (this is actually his second jump - and I was in the water for his first - very close by..... :)

On the way down..............

Splash! (his cousin Calvin was near by too - at his Aunt Tammy's request)

This is the crew - Aunt Jenny rented the pontoon boat on their free day from working at the camp - so it was the only day we had.... and it was 68 degrees and raining! But we were all going swimming any way right? so what's a bit of rain... - it was fun and my children are still talking about it!

Aunt Jenny rented the pontoon boat and let each child take a turn driving the boat - here's Rachel driving - she loved it and I think drove more than anyone - (she didn't swim in the lake) She learned that there are fish in the lake and decided that she would NOT be swimming with the fishes! :)

It really is a beautiful lake - and if you get the chance you ought to give it a try!

Rachel and her PawPaw - it was a chilly 68 degrees with rain and some wind! :)

This is the lake at the Kern Cabin north of Buchannon, WV - we had a blast and were there for three days! What a place to go and visit and be quiet and just enjoy each other -no TV, no computers - no cell phones. I loved it. Love the porch and rocking chairs - can't believe I didn't get pictures of the 'cabin' itself - I just put my camera down while 'in' the cabin. :) I guess I was just '''soooo''' relaxed. :) haha

Did you know that Abraham Lincoln 'spoke & wrote' West Virginia into statehood by proclamation & signature - June 20, 1863..... Saaaalute!

Rachel - visiting our Baire relatives - this creek - I used to play in as a child, my mother played in as a child and I have to tell you - Rachel was NOT getting in the water but her cousins AJ and Asher loved it and had a blast playing in the creek. My Grandma Baire's house sat just above this creek and we visited her every week when I was little - but every now and then when the rains came - the creek would rise... and sometimes rise right up to her front porch... so the old saying, "Lord willing the creek don't rise" is a very true statement.

A hike in the Kanawha Forest State Park - these trees are so beautiful - children had a wonderful time - I'm the only one that ended up with a tick - thankfully Aunt Jenny was in town so she could help me remove it from - well - that's another story. :)

Rachel met her cousin Chrissy - they had a blast - and want to be sisters. It was so much fun to see them playing badminton, barbies, watching movies, air hockey - they had a blast.

OK - there are a ton more pictures but this is it for today!