Table Rock Lake

Where has August gone? I can't believe it has been almost 3 weeks since my last post. I know some of you are not shocked. This has been a hard summer to document. The first weekend in August we went to Table Rock Lake with one of Ryan's brother's family. We rented a house for a long weekend and spent several day on the water. The kids had a blast swimming, tubing, fishing, and playing together. They keep asking when we are going back to the lake.

I hate to whine about the weather we are having here, but it is the middle of August and I had to have a light jacket when I went outside this evening. Come on, send some heat to us! I know I should not complain, but if I am going to get through the freezing cold winter here, I need a little heat to keep me toasty! We have had cold rainy weather most of the week! The boys do not start preschool for 2 more weeks, so we are still enjoying lots of time together. Our new family outings include going on bike rides. Ryan gave me a bike for my birthday and we found a kid's bike trailer on Craig's list, so off we go on the bike trails. The kids and I are enjoying getting out and exploring! I will try and take a picture of bike gear to share with you!

August Already?

Here are several pictures from our trip. I will try to upload more. Ryan took this picture underwater at the Blue Lagoon off of the island of Malta. Malta was one of our stops, our group rented a private charter that took us on a sail 1 1/2 hours each way to the Blue Lagoon. I could not believe the color of the water. I have never seen water so beautiful, it was breath-taking. This jellyfish was out in the water with Brad and Ryan. I was inside the boat at this point. The water was a little chilly.

On our sail coming into the Blue Lagoon. You can see the water changing color. Inside the lagoon, the water color is the lighter.

This is a church on the island called Palma de Mallorca. The church overlooked the ocean. It was incredible too. The stop was not that great because Robin and I went on a bike tour. The town was great, small curvy road, old buildings to look at. The problem was the 45 people on our bike tour - not fun!

Barcelona - Ryan and I went on a bike tour through Barcelona. This is an awesome place that I want to go back. We had a great time going through the city.

We are in Africa! Our stop was Tunis, Tanasia. This is Carthage, Roman ruins. As you can see it also looks over the ocean. I just want to say that it was HOT here. At one point is was 115 degrees, that beats any Texas heat I have experienced! We were taken through a market. You would think the prices would be pretty cheap, quite different, everything was expensive. I didn't try to deal, I was too HOT (just didn't buy)!
Just a few pictures from the trip, I will try to put more up later. We spent an extra night in Rome, so I have great shots of St. Peters!

By the way, can you believe it is already August? Time seems to be flying this summer.