The Year of the Parasite

So we decided to spend an extra couple of days at the lake this year with Chad's family.  It turns out if you stay at the lake on Monday and Tuesday you have the lake completely to yourself.  It's amazing I will not lie to you.  There were absolutely no waves in the water, the restaurants weren't near as crowded, you could ski/tube whenever you wanted and you could even walk across the dock without fear of falling in with every step.  Highlights for the kids this year include fishing (lots and lots of fishing), jumping off the high dive (even Bennett...sorry Mom) and tubing (until Bennett got pulled under the wake...sorry Mom).  So our 4 days at the lake were pretty awesome, but that is not where the "fun" ended.  The following week 5 of the 7 kids that were with us were sick and I mean SICK.  And the sickness for some of them went on for almost two weeks.  Finally my nephew got tested and we found out he had a parasite which most likely was picked up at the lake.  Chad got sick about a week after the kids and he recently got his test results back and he too had the parasite!  Everyone is healthy now but I think this year will definitely be known as "The Year of the Parasite", and hopefully this will be the ONLY year of the parasite!!