We were so excited to finally have a full lake and be able to spend the weekend on the lake with lots of water. With rain all spring we finally have a full lake and we are all so thankful! However, we ended up getting a little unexpected surprise that threw us for quite a loop. We loaded up the dogs on Saturday to head down to the lake. We didn't leave really early and ended up getting there with lots of time to play outside. It was a little rainy out so we spent a lot of the time playing inside but it was still nice to have a relaxing weekend together. As we were playing a little softball game it started raining and we went inside for the night.
We noticed that the rain continued to get heavier and was not letting up at all. I took a picture right before bed and this is what we could see....a little flooding happening around the flagpole.
And then we woke up in the morning to this!
Everything was flooded! The swingset was in standing water, the gazebo was in standing water, and we had to take the paddleboat to get to the dock. It was pretty unbelieveable. The kids thought it was pretty awesome though and had fun swimming in the bigger lake! It was some pretty cold water so the rest of us had no intentions of getting in...
The rest of the weekend turned out to be pretty nice. It was fun to get on the water and tour around the lake. We were actually the only boat out because the loading ramp was closed and most people hadn't put their boats on their docks for the season yet. As we boated around we saw several flooded houses and almost everyone's boat docks were underwater.
On Sunday, Erin had a cookout at here house and invited Chaney, Mike, and his boys too. We had a fun time going out on the boat with more kids. They all giggled and had a great time. We sure have missed summer and are excited for the next three months!
All the rain left behind a BEAUTIFUL sunset on the water. And with no other boats on the lake we got to enjoy some really pretty, calm waters.
And finally, some more pictures from the weekend. We had a great time celebrating the kick-off to summer. It seems with a full lake after 4 years of being low that we are going to have a pretty great summer with lots of weekends at the lake.
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