Crawdads (or a Crew of Crawfish)

Our family is lucky to find itself living only fifteen minutes away from the Pineview Dam. James convinced Rebecca that floating in the lake would be just the thing for her coccyx. So, she came along. We planned on taking two cars and lots of friends, but not everyone could join us. Boy, did they miss out!

As the water recedes, there is more shoreline and lots more flattened, smooth-edged rocks to skip.
LUNCH!! We actually went at the perfect time for eating and getting sunburned. Good thing there was sunscreen, shade, and sandwiches. Chrissee and Bryn used a floatie to eat comfy.
Bethany found the water to be the perfect way to relax as well, even though none of her friends were in it.

Rebecca found a bee enjoying this interesting flower.

Gabriella stood shivering on the shore. When Rebecca offered her a towel, she said, "I'm not cold. I'm scared of that thing in the water." It turned out to be a crawdad. (Bryn did the catching.)

Samuel wanted to hold it (badly). Bryn helped him touch its back without getting pinched.

After so much time together, Bryn decided it needed a name. We dubbed it "Tinkerbubbles". Bryn said the crawdad was tough enough to handle a name like that. ;)

A view of the shore... So much blue.

Bryn finally got a pinch from Tinkerbubbles just before letting him go.

From the smiles on everyone's faces, we think that was three hours well-spent.