More Family Fun

mom eating her ice cream!







Papa enjoying himself!!




we finally got a family picture!!


After we left Louisville State Park we headed down the road a few miles to Platte River State Park. There we climbed a very large tower, saw some horses and a donkey and some hawks! Then we headed to over to check out the lake. We decided to stop for some ice cream. Oh man Dad, you would have liked the soft serve ice cream they served. Not only was the price good ($1.50 for a large) they were HUGE!!! Huge for everyone else but the guy who served up mine :( A few of us decided that we would try out the paddle boats. They said that Alex was not tall enough (we learned later that only meant that he could not sit in front and paddle) so he hung back with Papa and Carmen and they went fishing instead. The park has a loaner program and loaned us all the equipment that we needed to go fishing! SWEET! So off went Carmen, Alex, and Papa (with his huge ice cream) to find a place along the lake to fish while myself, Genaro, Roly, Gabby, Jesus, and a family friend James took to the paddle boats. We were only supposed to be out there for a 1/2 hour but the guy said that whenever we wanted to come back in that was fine. A hour later mom had had enough, was getting a little motion sickness. But had a great time being paddled around the lake by Roly and Genaro! They wanted to do it all and I was more then happy to sit back and enjoy the ride. Except for one thing, I had to sit backwards. I did not like that. After we came in Gabby, James and myself decided that we would get some ice cream and go fishing with the others, while Genaro, Carmen, Roly and Jesus went back out on the boats for another hour! Being out at the park was so nice. The weather was wonderful, not to hot and not to cold. Perfect. A kid while we were out on the lake caught a catfish that was at least 2 feet long. The thing was huge. To bad the lake was 'catch and release'! We did not catch anything but saw a lot of fish and some turtles, swans and geese! We had a great time.