Old Hickory Lake

Corey is much more willing to pack up the kids and head out to do outdoorsy things than I am.  When he suggested we head out to a lake today, my first thought was "ugh".  Turns out, I was totally wrong (today, anyway).  Not only was the weather perfect, but the beach was nice and the kids had crazy amounts of fun.  We drove about 40 minutes out to Old Hickory Lake (the only thing I know about that lake is that Johnny Cash used to own a home on the lake, and it was subsequently burned down while one of the Gibb brothers was renovating it).  The kids were beyond excited to be there.

Okay, Charlotte looks slightly less crazy in this photo.

The temperature was about 92 degrees and there were just a few fluffy clouds in the sky.  The water temperature was perfect -- refreshing but not too cold.  I sat in a low beach chair in the water nearly the entire time we were there and I never felt too hot or too chilly -- ideal for my extremely narrow comfort range.

Petey was a little timid in the water at first (we haven't swam very much in the past couple of years because I'm so lazy about the logistics of such a feat), but after a half an hour or so he was splashing all around and having a grand old time.

Corey decided Charlotte was part river otter.

Come get me and swim me out to the booby, Daddy!  (Peter was pretty sure a buoy was called a "booby").

Practicing their Cirque du Soleil acts:

My boys!  Corey is between pairs of sunglasses right now, so he borrowed an old pair of mine.  I tried not to tease him too much.

Save me, Daddy, save me!

We managed to stop the kids from swimming to eat a little bit of lunch before they raced back to swim again, but then we had to drag them out of the water kicking and screaming to go home.  They were pretty sure we should stay there all day.  It was getting a lot more crowded and we figured they had gotten enough sun though, so we packed up and headed back to Franklin.  We will definitely be returning again soon though!