Jodie's Birthday

Such a fun day today!

Jodie is lucky enough to have her birthday on the longest day of the year.  This year, Steve decided to rent a pontoon on Lake Minnetonka for the day to celebrate.  It was so fun!

We've had a ton of rain this year.  Because of that, there is a No Wake rule on the lake right now.  It was super nice because normally Lake Minnetonka is pretty crowded, but it was so quiet.  No JetSki's, no speedboats, beautiful!

We had a great time just puttering around the lake.

Laurel and I switched sunglasses and here is the selfie with Jodie and Aaron in the background.

Shortly after this was taken, we got pulled over by the Lake Patrol.  Apparently, you can't walk on the front of the boat while it's moving.  Oops!

We made our way to Maynard's for lunch.

A family or two of geese!

Birthday Girl!

Then we went to the big island to swim.  It was the one crowded place on the lake.  We all had a great time floating around in the water just hanging out.  Esme decided that she wanted to do Chop, Chop, Timbers into the lake.  Basically, jumping in and swimming around the boat, just to crawl back in and do it again.  I bet she jumped in 20 times!

Getting ready to jump in!

At first, I was putting the noodle out for her to grab when she jumped in, but after awhile she just jumped on her own.  She was so comfortable in the water.  Those swimming lessons are paying off for sure.

On the way back, the cupcakes came out.  Esme absolutely doesn't like cake, but she's recently decided that she likes frosting.

That's some bright green frosting!  And each of the cupcakes had a ring on it.  Esme collected quite a few from everyone's cupcake.

And finally at the end, a picture of all the girls together.

Cousins

 Such a great day!  We will all sleep great after a day of sunshine, swimming and fun!