soaking up sun at the lake

On the agenda today:

Relax at the lake!

At least hat was my agenda.
Justin's agenda was very different.

But I was able to relax for a few moments while he occupied himself with a water gun and I pondered....how does the kid that will not go down stairs at the mall or down an escalator lean over this deck rail.  Stairs are wey less scary dude!

Later he pointed his water weapon at me, probably because I was sitting down trying to kick back and relax again.  He wanted me to hunt down make believe bad guys with him but like I mentioned... different agendas caused a little conflict.

I always have grand notions of swimming and even put my suit on, but it was just too cold for me to go much further than my knees.

Ahhhh!  Sweet sweet warm sun/son.  You are my favorite!

Later we walked up "The Freckles Trail" to look at the memorial site for Connie.

The view is awesome!

Dad has been working on this to get it ready for the 1 year anniversary of her passing.  He has grass seed that is starting to sprout and benches that are waiting to be placed.  He has a bright purple metal box that the ashes will go into in the ground.  It is all pretty special.

Here is Justin 

{aka: I have a different agenda than my mom does}

letting me know he is done cooperating.

Dad has also been making major progress on the area that will {someday} be the living room and under that a few bedrooms.  He got "red taped" for not working with a permit so this is on hold for a bit.  But is it looking great!  And again I ponder... going down an escalator scares him but he has no problem standing here.???

Justin's annual measuring on the wall.  Every year we mark his height on the wall.

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happpppeeeee