Mathews Mash

Last weekend we went to El Dorado Lake with the entire Mathews clan. This was the first time we ALL had been together in over a year. We had not seen Luke and Allison since their wedding last July and that means that they had NEVER met baby Ashley! Hard to believe that she is 6 months old and they had never met her. We had all been looking forward to our fun filled weekend at the lake. The weekend started with a bummer though because Allison got sick the day they left Mexico and was not feeling well enough to come to the fun. So, she stayed home on Friday night (but did feel better Saturday and came out). When we finally got on the road on Friday night, Roger, Nate, Ashley and I were riding in the truck pulling the sailboat and of course the sailboat trailer ends up with a flat tire...and there was no spare!

Mom, is this seriously happening?

Of course, the bird came along too!

It was quite an adventure just to get out to the lake. Nate ended up sitting on the side of the road with Jacob and Lukas for a good 3 hours. Good bonding time right? :)
Pete, Caitlin, Claira, and John also came into town and met us at El Dorado for the weekend. There was lots to do, the boys played campus golf, we had kayaks, a tandem bike, and the lake. When we went down to the lake, Ashley was not enjoying the heat and it was about nap time, so we stayed at the water long enough to get sunscreen on and then decided to go in and rest in the a/c of our cabin. :)   No, we were not roughing it!

Ashley still hasn't had her first taste of swimming, but I know that will be around the corner! It was fun for the whole group to be together, we are looking forward to whenever the next time might be!