Lake Cumberland

We are truly blessed to have such a wonderful family and we all had a great vacation on the houseboat in Kentucky!
Roger & I picked up Megan, Heather, Samantha & Emily at the airport on August 10 and we headed for Yogi Bear Campground near Mammoth Cave, KY. The girls loved it and Samantha was courageous enough to hug BooBoo & Yogi – BooBoo first because he was smaller! Emily is following in Samantha’s footsteps – she loves to see Yogi and say “hi” and “bye” but won’t get any closer than about 6 feet! The heat and humidity were oppressive (thank you Roger for our third AC unit!) so we spent a lot of time in the pool and on the water slide. Heather rented a golf cart which Emily loved to ride in – she giggled and clapped her hands when she got in! She is talking more & more every day!

We left Yogi on Friday and went to Lake Cumberland State Park, near the marina in Jamestown, for Friday & Saturday night. Our campsite was near the swings and Emily loved them cried when she had to get out! The rest of the family arrived later on Friday and on Saturday and stayed in cabins in the park. We boarded the houseboat on Sunday around noon. It was huge and beautiful – 8 bedrooms; 2 refrigerators; 3 1/2 baths; a bar; a hot tub and a two story slide with plenty of room for all 15 of us! We laughed; ate; drank; played cards & games; went swimming and floated on our rafts; competed in the “Eddy Olympics;”  had Karaoke night;  played with Judy’s 2 jet skis and overall had a great time! We had to return the boat on Thursday morning, stayed in the park until Friday and then everyone headed home. We took Kyle Lasich, Kyle, Heather & the girls to the airport on Saturday and they headed back to Houston and then on to Kuala Lumpur. It was a little (just a little!) easier to say “good-bye” knowing we are going to Malaysia in December.

We drove to Howell, Michigan on Saturday and had dinner with Jay, Kim, Ryan, Dave & Marion at a great BBQ place. We stayed overnight and enjoyed their hospitality for a leisurely breakfast and now we are in Hideaway Campground near Jackson for some ‘R&R.” We need to do laundry, clean and reorganize. The silence is deafening and we miss little voices waking us up in the morning.
Today, August 22,  is our 41st wedding anniversary and we couldn’t have celebrated any better than with our family!