Last chance before school starts beach day

Yesterday we got together with a few of our favorite families at a nearby lake for a picnic and swimming. The kids LOVED being at a lake again.

They had some swimming races.


And lots of playing in the sand. Why do kids love sand so much?




And it was just hot enough that the moms could sit in the sun but not really need to go in the water (mostly because of the sign saying caution: swimmers itch). I am already feeling sentimental for summer - we went to Ian's back to school night on Thursday and school starting makes the end of summer seem so final.