Camp Memaw & Papa Joe: Days 5-7

We finished out our reservation at the camp with another day on the lake sandwiched between 2 trips to the drive-in theater.

The first night was family night; Despicable Me 2 and Monster's University.  We left the young and old people at home for the second night; Man of Steel and WWZ.  There's something about the atmosphere at the drive-in . . . I can't get enough of it.  It's been my long time dream to own one.  Someday . . .

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay with Memaw and Papa Joe.  They facilitated so many wonderful memories for us, most importantly, for the kids.  They have a way of finding individual time with the kids that makes each kid feel so special; like the most important person in the world.  I've got to get better at that!  There's always room for improvement.  This trip has helped me to identify a few of those areas for myself.

Here are some of our final memories at the camp.

(BTW - Believe me when I say that  Jordan WAS on this vacation with us.  She didn't go with us this last day on the boat, she decided she'd rather dog-sit (i.e. needed some alone time).  (However, I believe during her afternoon nap, the dogs sat on her.)  She had a lot of fun with us, but she didn't want to be in any pictures, so . . . I'll post the pics of her later, when she's no longer following this blog.)

Brave girl Paxton, after she got over the unreasonable fear (that her father put into her) of Alligator Gar

Memaw and her girls

The slide off the top deck of the boat was one of the favorites attractions.
Kids of all sizes and ages would come over and ask if they could go down the slide.  Giggles and ear-to-ear smiles ensued after each plunge.  After many plunges myself, I concluded it's the ONLY way to enter into the lake.

The infamous plunge

Reagan's Ski Lesson

First Attempt

Needless to say (by the looks of these pictures), the dogs got along great!  They had so much fun swimming in the pool and lake together.  They also enjoyed the freedom of playing tag in the acres of wild blueberry patches at camp.

Can we swim now?  We said PLEASE!