Lake Livin' is the Life for Us!

On our first anniversary, we made a specific list of goals for year two. Among them? Spend more time at the lake.

Annnnnnnnd here it is the end of July and we'd not even been once.

Boo.

Ryan's family spent the week at the lake, so Saturday, after he got off work, we packed up Ole Bandy {that's the new red truck} and headed north for some quality time on the water.

And of course, it rained as we drove up. Because it wouldn't be a lake trip for us if it didn't include RAIN!! :)

It was clearer by the time we arrived, and Ryan took me out on a boat ride right away, which made me SO happy. I love boat rides!! My handsome boat driver:

 And my view....

 I love this place. A million memories from this lake - and I love sharing these new ones with Ryan.

 We spent the evening fixing dinner and playing with Ryan's brother's kids...who are ridiculously cute, but blognonymous, so I can't show you the cuteness. But they kept us busy!!! We played balloon games with Jenna and chased Evan around while he played with collection of toys.

We sat on the swing for a while - another of our favorite activities. I wanted a picture, and here's what I got:

 So he said he'd be nice this time. That's fine...but I won't be!!!

 Ribs on the grill. And OH MY GOODNESS were they ever good. This was Ryan's portion. {Kidding.} {Kind of.}

 After dinner - and cake and ice cream for Ryan's brother's birthday - we went out for a sunset boat ride. Minus the sunset, of course.

A perfect day, despite the rain. This is one of those times when I look at what I always dreamed about before I got married, and I find myself thankful to be living yet another piece of that dream. Thankful for a man who loves lake living and can share that with me!