Swamp Fox Celebration

All the Swamp Foxes got together to celebrate on Labor Day this year.  Of course, this was really a celebration that everyone was back from the Iraq deployment safe and sound.  Deiter had a BBQ at his house on Lake Murray.  There was skiing and swimming and lots of great food.

This was Michael and Mary Ellen's first time swimming in a lake and they were a little apprehensive.  They've been to the beach in Florida and of course been to several different pools, but the lake water took some getting used to.  Mary Ellen kept saying, "The water is dirty Mama"!  And the bottom was squishy and a little slimy.

They really didn't love walking around in the shallow part so Andrew put them in this little boat and pulled them around.  They LOVED it! 

I think they ate their weight in BBQ, chips and cookies.  It was a fun day to be together as a family...the Thornes, and the Swamp Foxes!