Pictures from the fourth

This is our third born. We call him Audubon, because he has thoughts of being a park ranger, and loves the outdoors. It started out sunny and beautiful on Independence Day...really!



This is my brother, the boat captain. He is fourth in line in my family, three years older than me.

The clouds rolled in from all sides, so that it was hard to tell where the storms were coming from. We, and dozens of other boats, headed across the lake where the sky was the clearest, for safe harbor until some of the storm passed.

To the left is one of our kiddos - Androcles is hanging on to the front of the boat with his cousin, the boat captain's son. You can see that they are "best buds". Then there's one niece's boyfriend, and behind him is another niece with her friend.

The ominous skies. It was raining too much after we turned around and left our safe harbor to head back home. It poured on us the last 30 minutes or so, so that the camera had to be put safely away under the seat storage area, where we were all wrapped in towels to stay warm. There were 14 of us on the boat, you just can't tell from these photos!