The Lake

This weekend we spent a relaxing time at the Shealy family lake house. Well, as relaxing as it gets when you have to travel overnight with little kids and all their crap.

Wes' parents have a lake house that sits on Lake Murray, near Columbia. The property has been in his family forever - it was, in fact, the land (and house) that his Dad grew up in - but I am still confused about the exact history of it all. It has a lot to do with large southern families and feuds over land ownership and strange relatives with double names like Betty Bea. Bottom line - it is a gorgeous piece of property that his Mom and Dad have, and we are lucky enough to get to spend time there!

Because the house sits on a point and is surrounded by water on three sides it is ideal for all sorts of water activities like fishing and boating. Noah was beside himself with glee when he woke up on Saturday morning and saw that he would get to ride in the boat and fish with Pops.

Here we are on the boat. It was Liam's first boat ride and he took in stride, the way he does most things!

Here is Noah holding up one of the fish that he "caught". You see, it was actually Pops that caught the fish. He hooked them, and let Noah reel them in. Noah did have a dark blue (his favorite color!) fishing pole with a weight on it that he used to practice casting. (As Pops said, you don't want to put a hook on a line and hand it to him! That would be quite dangerous.) All in all, Noah "caught" 12 fish and he is convinced that he is a professional!

On a quick side note...It is a little ironic that despite my aversion to them, it appears I am raising a South Carolina good ol' boy. Dear God, don't let anyone teach the boy to hunt!

We had a very fun weekend and I cannot wait to go back in the summer so that I can get up on some skis in the beautiful lake!