The Lake House

Many years ago, my grandparents bought a house on Lake Nolin. There is not a summer I can remember that we didn't go to the Lake House. This house holds so many wonderful memories of family gatherings, nights spent with my Papa and Mama, days fishing and swimming in the Lake, and most recently, memories of times with my Mom and sisters', to even a quilting retreat we held there!


When my grandparents' both passed away, my sister bought the property to keep it in the family. We have spent the last several years there making more memories for our children and grandchildren. My sister recently sold the Lake House and yesterday was the last gathering for all of us.


Pictured from left (back row) is Shelley, Eric, Tami, me, Mom, Josh. Front Row: Hannah, Ireland and Katie


Mama and Papa lived at the Lake House all summer long. I remember how beautiful she would keep the yard and all of it's flowers. Papa would fish every morning and Mama would make her daily trip to the Wal-mart. The big attraction for the kids at the Lake House was the huge rope swing. Everytime we went to the Lake House, we'd spend hours on that rope swing. It didn't matter how old we got, we still swung on the swing - I even swung yesterday!

This picture was from a few years ago)

Yesterday, Josh climbed the swing instead of swinging on it. He said he'd always wanted to do that and he made it almost all the way to the top!


We had a wonderful day yesterday, reliving cherished memories. I'm so glad that my children were able to make memories of their own in a place that is so full of love and is so peaceful.

Ireland picking flowers for our picnic lunch.

There are so many memories, that I can't type them all. So, those family members reading my blog - please add your favorite memory as a comment!