Family Traditions Part II

I love family traditions. I love things that you can count on, that remind you of your youth, your past, your present...things that the people you love look forward to...this is the fabric of life that is so very precious to me.

Pictures of the boys in their matching t-shirts...for some reason, I didn't get the girls...next year, I guess!

Mr. Lynn loves 4th of July. I don't know if you asked him if he would say it was his favorite holiday, but you can always count on him to make it special. Partly, we love it because it is Lyndsey's birthday, but we also love it because we are lakers. Grand Lake is a part of the tradition, but mostly it is Mr. Lynn's work that makes it special!

He always goes all out...decorating the cabin, the boat, the dock, the neighbors dock...granted, the neighbors live in the cabin of his childhood, the cabin his parents bought from a guy in prison for practically nothing, and where we have had (together and before me) 40 years of fun--...and granted the neighbors are his sister and her husband, but still...the decorations are GREAT!

Also, he always buys the girls matching outfits...well, outfits might be too much some years, but we have had matching swimsuits, matching t-shirts, flashing red-white-and-blue beads, tiaras, flip-flops, whatever he finds that represents our nation's birthday...this year it was red-white-and-blue vests, which the girls didn't even get to wear, as they were commandeered by the boys. He borrowed our old Bluewater, which is great for viewing the fireworks, mainly because it has a bathroom and an air conditioned cabin for sleeping babies. He went to a lot of trouble, too, to keep the fireworks in view as some not-quite-lakers snagged our anchor and when the wind came up, we were adrift in a sea of (thousands) of boats.

It is such a special time, and our families are growing...new babies have really made things even more fun! I am so lucky...the mountains of Red River and Grand Lake...the best of two worlds!