A day at the lake.

It's been almost 5 years since I've actually spent a day at the lake. As a child, lake memories were some of my favorites. Learning how to water ski, going tubing, and playing board games at Uncle Gene's lake cabin until midnight with my cousins. It's something I've greatly missed since leaving my small town life and moving to the "Big city". My true regret is that my son hadn't ever been to a lake and swam in dirty water. 

     My Husband has very little family and he decided that we should spend time with them in Tulsa. It was a great idea. We decided to turn it into a lake day and go out on the boat with the kids. We all had a blast  and my son got to do something new. For the past week he's been walking around saying "We went on boat with Ben" .

 A few things weren't relived, such as, water ski, board games, and jumping off the "big pole".  Those things weren't possible to recreate without being at the right lake.
   
   But new things for Dresdyn were accomplished. He went tubing for the first time. Went swimming and go mud all in his hair. Jumped off a boat for the first time.

  I can't remember the first times I did those things. I know I was very younger. Possibly younger than the 3.5 years my son is. I do remember learning to swim in a lake, having great times with my family, paddle boating, learning to ski, and board games. Family time was extremely important to me then and it is now.

   Maybe I'm not the best daughter. I have horrible relationships with my family of the present. I haven't even seen most of them since I graduated high school. My son will hopefully have that bond with his family that I did as a child. It's a dream of mine...and even if it does turn out to be a dream. At least we'll have days like this to remember.