The Munson Minute: The 4th @ Pine Lake.

We changed it up this year and left the Ada festivities behind and joined my mom and brother's family up at Pine Lake this year for the Fourth of July. As good as traditions can be, it was great to change it up this year and be somewhere new and experience new things too. We had a great time and got to enjoy all that the lake had to offer......

Sleepy little lake - a bit different than the lake and the 4th we grew up on......

waiting for the fireworks to start

cousin lovin...

Pine Lake had a nice display - Kudos!

This was my attempt at a patriotic star hair do.....

Let's be honest - the real reason we headed up there was to see what these "turtle races" were all about! We kept hearing about this event.......you mention the 4th up there and the next thing said is - "oh you have to do the turtle races".....and they weren't kidding this was someone out advertising it the day prior.

So off to the turtle races we went.....

All mom wanted was a picture with her grand kids and as you can imagine that is tougher than you think with this photo bomber around....

But finally it happened......

Kids with Turtle.....you either had to hunt for you own rent one...... or buy one for $1 from this little girl who was making quite a business for herself that day. We decided to support her cause.

Giving her turtle a little pep talk.

Little did we know people were bringing turtles of all sizes and ones they had been training all year long I don't think our little guys had a chance.....

But you had to give it a shot when you had the possibility of going home with one of these.....hilarious.

sizing up the competition.

And off they go....the idea is the first one to get to the edge of the mat wins.....Lexi's turtle won 3rd in her heat, but there is no advancement for third wah wah wah.....

So back home they went with us to get nail polished and played with all weekend long before they were sent home back to the lake.

Patriotic pops

Sparklers and fireworks.....

So This is usually what the scene looks like up there Jake, Lexi & Brooke tubing......

And poor bugs watching from my lap "inside" the boat....but from out of nowhere, he just hopped up and said I am going with Jake! I almost couldn't believe my ears but off he went and he LOVED it.

Don't get me wrong he was nervous I could tell, but he trusted Jake the security blanket! Kudos to Jake too, he is soooooo good with him making sure he didn't fall, or steering the tube back into the wake. He really got Brady to break out of his "water" shell!