Saturday, 8/16/25, Hailey and Evan went home, Put the potato salad stuff together, went to Fred and Lourdes’s for family party, stopped for ice cream on way home.

This sweet picture came up in my memories today.  Peyton and Isaac were so little.

Fritzy with his toy

First group getting ready to go out on the pontoon

Rody, Peyton, Hailey, Matthew and Tom

Bill and Melissa taking a picture of the pontoon going down the channel.  Bruce and Shani visiting.

Had them pose for a picture

Me and Hailey

Isaac, Hailey Penny, Matthew and me

We were so happy to hang out with Matthew

Steve, Jacob, Adam, Jared, Kimmy and Debbie

Debbie enjoying her first relaxing ride on the pontoon

Vikki and Kimmy

Next group going out on the pontoon....Steve, Evan, Isaac, Eli, Jack and Bruce

The channel to the lake

Hailey and Peyton

Isaac, Evan and Eli decided to sit on the edge and put their feet in the water. It was a very hot day

Melissa and Hailey moved to the back so Peyton and I enjoyed our relaxing recliners

Missy and me

Steve, Haley, Melissa, Bruce and Jack

Bill and Fritzy

Peyton, Isaac, and Eli going for another ride

Rody, Tom, Steve, Shani, Matthew, Kimmy, Jared, Melissa, Debbie and Lourdes

Vikki, Shani Steve and Jack

Vikki taking Melissa and Evan on a golf cart ride

Vikki, Evan, Hailey and Peyton

Eli and Vikki

Matthew and Peyton

Rody...is it hug a tree day???  No!  We were just showing the size of this big log pillar on Fred’s porch

Rody and Jared

Adam, Jacob, Fred, Rody, Jared and Peyton visiting in the driveway while watching Vikki come back with the golf cart

Isaac, Evan, Jack and Eli on the golf cart

Vikki, me, Shani, Steve and Melissa up in the room over the garage.  It was nice and cool up there and so cozy.

Evan and Jack being pulled by the pontoon

Eli and Isaac ..... Evan and Jack being pulled in the water

Fred cooking the burgers and brats

Our group returning

Bill, Vikki, Fred, Matthew, Adam, Debbie, and Fred

Peyton and Hailey

Nice view of the house when the pontoon returned

Vikki and Kimmy

Jared, Jacob and Adam putting their feet in the water

Lake Victoria

Our group from the back

Bruce, Hailey, Steve, Shani, Debbie, Jared, Fred, Matthew and Bill

Debbie, Lourdes, Roddy, Bill and I

Rody, Kimmy, Matthew, Shani, Melissa, Bruce

Jacob and Adam

Eli, Evan, Peyton, Isaac, Adam, Jack’s arm, Vikki, Fred and Hailey

Rody treated us to ice cream on our way home

Isaac had cookie dough ice cream and it was coated in cookies.  YUM!

Hailey and Evan got up early because Melissa called Hailey and had them come home. Bill and I slept in.  I got up at 9 a few minutes after Bill and started getting ready in the bathroom.  When I came out, Bill told me the kids left.  Aww, I didn’t get to say goodbye, but oh well, I will be spending the day with them again.  Yay!  After I got ready, I made two big bowls of potato salad.  I had the potatoes cooked and the eggs boiled, so just had to chop the celery and onion and then cut the potatoes and eggs and mix everything together and add Salad Dressing.  I changed my clothes after that and then we left.  Bill loaded the corn toss games and our chairs in the cooler already.  He took the cooler out and then we carried the potato salad out and put them in the cooler.  We got to the party around 12:30.  Freddy and Ashton couldn’t make it because her grandpa who is 94 wasn’t doing good and they called all the family in.  Joey and Chrissy didn’t make it either because they flew out to Oregon.  Amanda, Alex and Emma didn’t make it either because it was his birthday and they were on a trip.  Most of our family was there except McKenzie, Travis, Rehvyn, and Max.  We had a fun day riding on the pontoon, visiting inside and also visiting outside on the deck.  We had really good food.  Debbie brought Zhenders chicken and muffins, I brought the potato salad, Shani brought macaroni salad, Vikki brought cut up watermelon, Kimmy brought cut up strawberries and Melissa brought blueberries.  The fruit sure hit the spot on this hot day.  Fred cooked burgers and brats.  Everything was really good.  Jack and Evan got to go for a water ride.  They were both pulling on the rope and flipped themselves over.  Then a buzzer kept going off, and Vikki googled it and it was letting them know the pontoon needed oil.  Bill went to try to find some, but no one had it that he checked, then places were closed.  

Debbie had to leave at 5:30 to get back to babysit Emma.  It sure was. a fun day.  Thank you to Fred and Lourdes for the nice family party.  On the way home, Vikki called to let us know they were stopping for ice cream and asked if we wanted to. Our Jeep seemed to turn in automatically.  Rody treated us all.  Thanks Rody!  We sure are blessed with a wonderful family!