Lakeside Livin'

Day three of vacation with extended family (including mom, dad, sister, niece, nephew, and their yellow lab) on Lake Louisa, Va. Have settled into a comfortable routine of sleeping late, big breakfast, chaotic multiple-children fishing from the dock, lunch, pulling kids on triple-wide inner-tube thingy behind boat and sometimes joining in for extra weight/bounce, afternoons playing on sandy wading beach, dinner, dusk fishing with dad, late night card games. Season liberally with naps in hammocks, snacks, tire-swing pushing, other yard games that involve throwing or chasing things. Tomorrow's big plan: getting the canoe in the water.

There are worse things.