The worst thing about forgetting to post is disappointing the grands. Mags and Sophie read the blog often and they were the ones that pointed out I had not posted about Sophie's birthday celebration. The second worst thing about forgetting to post is all of the forgetting that goes along with procrastinating. Here is what I remember. (Maybe Maggie and Sophie can fill in the blanks after they read this and I'll do some editing.)
Sophie wanted to spend her birthday at a lake near where they live. It was a beautiful, man-made, and well maintained park called Burger Lake. It has a picnic area, water slides, a small snack bar, lots of life guards and friendly staff. The water is cool and clean (for a lake) and has a relatively smooth sandy bottom. All in all, really nice facilities.
The family drove up at met at the lake, staked out our area at some tables in the shade, and started the grill. Gerson did some grilling since he doesn't swim, and Ron kept him company. The rest of us escaped from the heat by hanging out in the lake, watching the kids play. There were a lot of people there; but, the place is so large and well thought out so it didn't seem that crowded. The only down side is the parking and the entrance. Those can be a little crazy!
After swimming and eating, we left the lake before it got too hot. They ask everyone to get out of the lake around noon to give the life guards a break and do any clean up that's needed. It is the perfect time to leave because it beats the afternoon crowd. We all went back the Hotel Gutierrez and enjoyed one of Aunt Jamie's delicious cakes, ice cream, and present opening.
I'm pretty sure others took some pictures, so maybe I'll screen shot them and add them later. In the meantime, here are the ones I took.
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| Samantha, Sophie, Sophia, and Maggie |
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| Gerson in his strange Uncle Sam outfit. |
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| Ryan, Jamie, Samantha, Maggie, Sophie, Leslie, and Rebecca |
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| Sophie, Samantha, and Sophia |
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| Birthday Girl, Sophie on the water slide |
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| Samantha on the lower diving board. |
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| Maggie on the diving board |
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| Sophia running off the diving board |
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| presents!!! |
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| twinning with the cousin |
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| Reading her cards |
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| Oooo! MONEY!! |
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| Uncle Scotts yearly gift of change. One dollar for every year. |
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| HUGS!! |
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| It's just what she wanted! |
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| Why? .... I don't know. |
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| Cake time with lots of candles to blow out. |
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| YUMMY! |
Happy Belated Birthday Post, Sophie Lyn. I'll try really hard to not procrastinate next year. Love you bunches!!
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