Not a bad way to end our Summer

Labor Day weekend is always our last weekend of Summer break. This year, 4 of Megan and Joey's cousins were in town to enjoy 1 more family filled weekend before school started.

 I can't express how it melts my heart when I see the older cousins play with my kiddos. Teenagers might be stinkers sometimes, but deep down, they are good kids that love their family. Conary and Joey were both having a hard time adjusting to long days filled with playing early mornings!

 

 Of course, the last weekend of summer was filled with good times at the lake!


The kids even convinced Papa to take the pontoon boat out to take a tour of the lake and to stop off to swim in the deep part.

 Lots of people means lots of food! While picking up corn at a road side stand, it was "cheaper" to buy a bushel of corn than a few dozen ears. So we had lots of yummy meals using corn but first...we had to shuck the whole bushel. Lots of helpers...we got it done quick!

 Papa had built a ladder game set to have at the lake, so naturally, we turned it into a competition! We had a bracket system set and about 3 hours later, we had a winner...I forgot who won (not really) It was fun and it did the trick to keep everyone happy.

 Mud MONSTERS!!!

 I guess in Canada, they eat chucks of watermelon like cavemen...my kids were just doing what their cousins were doing. I don't have the picture, but try to visualize 10 of us, standing in the grass, slurping watermelon...it was a funny sight!

 All of the kids are very creative and it was only a matter of time before they made up something new to do. Here is Joey being Joey :)

 

And here is Joey learning about physics :)

Megan taking her turn. I believe after this, they started the rule that the last one to slide has to pour water on the mat for the next person. They all did this for a long time...it was fun to watch all of the kids playing and having fun together.

 

So, I would say that the last weekend of Summer was great, I will hold these memories close, because big changes come next year...Conary will be off to University. Our Summers will always be different, not bad, just different, so this weekend was extra special.