Memorial Day was spent at the family lake house this past weekend. The focus of going to the lake house, of course, is the lake. I’m not one for swimming in a lake. Did you know that there is DIRT on the bottom? and FISH swim in there? and BUGS? All of which are things that you don’t find in a pool and somehow lessen the swimming experience for me.

Visiting the lake house almost always follows the same pattern. We spend the first day trying to get the whole family swimming in the lake and somebody ends up crying through almost all of it. This time it was Max. He would have NOTHING to do with the water, which provided me with the perfect excuse not to swim. Lucy LOVED swimming the first day and by bed time she was lamenting the fact that we wouldn’t let her swim any more until tomorrow. On the second day, the sun rose on a different Lucy who was TERRIFIED of the water because it was DIRTY!! That didn’t mean she didn’t want to wear her bathing suit all day, because she did. She just didn’t want to actually do any bathing in it.

Lake house weekends almost always include a large home improvement project. This weekend was no different. The “Man-Folk” were required to fix the boat dock which had fallen into the lake. I wish I could properly describe the visual of 4 WHITE urban professionals trying to fix the dock in the lake. I can’t, so instead I will just refer you to the video.

Fixing the Dock, Memorial Day 2008 from David Morley on Vimeo.

The most important things about lake house weekends though are spending time with family. From the time I was a little girl I wanted a big family and I am so blessed to have married into one. The time we spend laughing, playing, eating and talking are priceless. David refers to the lake house as his “church” and in many ways it is a sanctuary of love and togetherness.