Devil's Lake Fun in 2008!

Every year we head to Devil's Lake in Lincoln City, OR. We rent a great house that sits right on the lake and has a dock for the boat. It's a big enough that both Robl families and the entire Wright clan can stay in peace and harmony. This year my brother-in-law Artie was able to make it, as was our newest Robl addition - Abby.

We always have a lot of fun riding out on Greg's dad's boat trying to catch a few trout - according to everyone the lake has absolutely no fish in it this year with the exception of the one Erv caught; making some waves in the lake, and trying to get the Wright kids to scream as loud as possible.

This year it wasn't as sunny as last, but we still made it to the beach to see the ocean and fly kites. Tommy and Elizabeth even made their way into the ice cold ocean - they must be part fish because there is no way I could have put more than my feet in that water. Abby spent most of her time on a blanket in the sand, but she had a lot of fun seeing the ocean for the first time and watching everyone around her...she's definitely a nosey-nelly and such a girl.

The rain didn't allow us to make s'mores this year, but we were able to get a few good fires going each night and just sit around doing nothing at night. Brianna was without her phone for a while, but her mom saved the weekend by bringing hers up on Friday night.

All the kids, Brianna, Lizzie, Joe and Tom were great babysitters for Abby while the rest of us were cooking and doing other things. It turned out to be a great thing we had so many eyes on Abby because as soon as we go to the house she decided it was time to show us she could crawl and pull herself up to a standing position. It was like she knew how to do it the entire time, but decided the lake house was a good time to show off her new talent. Once she got the hang of it there was no stopping the little bugger. She thinks it's incredibly funny when she crawls, so sometimes she falls from laughing so much ;-)

Unfortunately we did have one incident; Artie was cleaning off Erv's "catch of the trip" and slipped and fell into the water. We all agreed it would have been pretty funny (we're a sarcastic bunch) except for the fact that he hurt himself pretty bad and had a fairly decent sized gash in his left arm. Mom Robl patched it up as good as possible and he was supposed to go to the doctor's when he got home to see if it needed stitches. Other than that - and me hitting myself on the head with my camera (don't even ask) - the week went off without a hitch and we all had a great time. Lots of pictures on the "More Robl Family Pictures" link on the right hand side.

Enjoy!