Memorial Day Weekend 2012

Jillian & Daddy driving the boat

Saturday morning a little before 7 am we headed down to Lake Malone for the weekend.  It is about a 4 hour drive and we got there in pretty close to that time frame.  DVD's and a bag of toys kept Jillian pretty well entertained on the way down.  The last 30 mins or so was getting pretty tough on her as she was over being stuck in her seat!

We got there and relaxed in our hotel room waiting for the rest of the Morphew's to arrive.  They all got there about an hour and a half later. Enough time for Jillian and I to go check out the hotel "cool" (Pool for those who don't speak toddler ;)).  That was by far her favorite part!

We had lunch at the Shady Cliff marina (everyone's favorite.. ).  Jillian crashed in my arms at lunch, which is pretty unusual for her anymore.  We did get her up early to leave and it was nearly 2:30 our time.  After her nap and a snack we hit the "cool" again for some swim time.  There was a nice ledge area in the pool for adults to sit on that was the perfect height for her to walk around on.  She kept trying to get the others to join "uncle Johnny come swim, aunt Susie come swim, grandma come swing..etc.."

We ventured out for dinner and ended up eating at a Mexican place.  While we were out we had to stop and put air in the left front tire on our car.  The tire which I had just had "fixed" the night before due to a leak..  It was a slow leak as the tire wasn't completely flat, but it kept loosing air.  It will be going back to the shop that "fixed" it when we get back...  grrr!

The next morning the first thing Jillian asks to do is go to the POOL!  We had plans for going out on the boat.  She was very excited about going out on the boat even though she has never done this before.  Her daddy previously picked out a life jacket for her to wear.  She was a good sport and did wear it willingly, but it was super hot and not terribly comfortable for her.  It was very HOT out on the water.  We rode around for a while then stopped under some shade.  After this Jillian was asking to get off the boat so we all went back and were done with the boat for the day.

On our way back to the marina Jillian fell asleep in my arms.  I figured she was out for her nap so when we got back I carried her up the hill back to the hotel.  The second I laid her down she woke up.  I figured she would just go back to sleep.. haha, no way.  After we ate some food for lunch she was awake.  So instead of nap time we went down and joined the others for some pool time.  She played in the pool for nearly 2 hours!  After all that activity she took a good nap.  I finally woke her up so we could head to the park to grill out for dinner.

The Lake Malone state park was only about 15 minutes from the marina.  The picnic area left a lot to be desired.  The picnic tables were chained to trees so you couldn't move them at all.  also they were on a semi steep hillside.  Also this was the only picnic area.  Nothing like what we thought it would be.  They did have a playground there.  Sue and I took Jillian to play.  She played on the swing and went down the slide a few times.  It was just so HOT that we couldn't stand to stay for long.

Rick's dad got to operate the portable grill without a spatula to flip the burgers of with.  Also we only had spoons not forks.  He managed to grill the burgers and dogs still!

Once we got back to the hotel we got ready for bed and packed up some stuff since we were heading out early in the morning again.  Some of them went for a quick dip in the pool before calling it a night.