Lake house!

Yesterday the girls and I had a special treat and got to go up to one of my former youth group girls' lake house!  She invited me, the triplets, and our other friend Emily up .  It was so fun!  Ryan was out of town so it worked out perfectly to spend the night. It's crazy how much I have to pack for one night!  Anyways, I'll explain more with the pics. :) 

Here the girls are checking out the new surroundings and the beautiful Lake Michigan! :) 

Emily loved picking up the sand, throwing it, and then saying "Where'd it GO?" 
Here's Emily K. and Addison - Addy LOVED the water even though it was pretty cold.  She is definitely our big fish.  
Elizabeth, Emily and the girls.  They will be such good moms someday! :) They were troopers with the girls the whole time.  I don't think they knew what they were in for inviting triplets up for a "vacation."  I'm so glad they did though!
Elizabeth and Emily 
Okay - now these next photos are crazy.  Elizabeth is very creative...so...she got this great idea that we could let the girls finger paint!  So we put them in little 'smocks' :)  ...and let them have at it!  It was a riot...and the girls were having a blast.  They were FULL of paint.  After the fun was over and some paint had even been eaten, we had to figure out how to get them in the house and CLEAN without having the house look like they did.  Well, we got them to the tub...only to find out we forgot to turn the hot water heater on....so the poor girls had to rinse off in freezing water. :)  So their super fun time quickly turned into a screaming fest.  But, overall, it was fun and needless to say, I couldn't have done it on my own.  :) Below is Emily, Addy, me, and Hailey after it was all said and done.  :) 
Hailey getting started on her "masterpiece." :) 
Hailey painting Emily's toes. :) 
So focused on her painting...
ooops - Emily ate some paint.
Addy and her "smock." 
Walking the beach with 2 of my babies. 
Elizabeth and I - she's headed to New Zealand for a YEAR pretty soon - I'm going to miss her!!!
Checking out the big swing - Emily, Addy, Hailey
THANKS so much for a GREAT time!  Love you girls!!