More fun at the lake

Can you believe it? After ten days at Alturas Lake we took one week off and returned for our second week of camping. So here are the pictures of us the second week. We had a really good time with my side of the family. Rhett and Russ give all the boat rides the kids could ask for!

Brady

Kent

Russ That water is cold!

Daisha

Kami

Robert and Ryker

Rafe in a hole

Alyssa

Tajen

Mom

Dad

Rye

Dray, Keyan, Kent

Brea

Ryker

Rhett

Rafe

Rafe

Keyan

Kiya

Rye

Rhett

Russ

Here's the big boys wakeboarding.

Fun at the Lake

For the last ten days we have been vacationing at Alturas Lake. I think everyone had a good time, except for the mosquitos. Kiya said, "That they liked her bum!". Buttcrack is a terrible thing to show when you don't have repellant on it. We all had a good time. The next couple of posts show some of the fun we had.

For the last two years one of my sister Jenni's friends from work has come up to Alturas for a couple of days and he takes whoever he can get, to go on a hike with him. Last year Brady and Rye went, but it was a long hike and Rye ended up carrying Brady most of the way home because he was so tired. This year we told Chris that he had to do a shorter distance for the kids. (Okay the adults too!) So this year we went to 4th of July lake. It was about 2 1/2 miles there and back. Rye and I were debating on who we were going to take with us. Then we decided that it was a family vacation so everyone goes no matter who we have to carry. We were worried about our little Rafe going so far, but to our amazement he made it there and most of the way back all by himself.

Start, Middle, and End!


One of my proudest moments is when Brady decided to be brave and tried to ski. By the end of the trip he was getting up with the big boys and braving the one hand so he could wave. Good Job Brady! (Our bribe of a full-body wetsuit helped too!)

One of the best parts of the trip was watching all the parents offer the kids bribes to go sking. It started out with new nintendo DS games. Then it escalated to a XBOX 360. Our girl Kiya was so funny. Her bribe was she wanted to cut paper with sissors. Then she increased the price to cutting magazines with sissors. All the other parents were laughing, because our girl had the cheapest price. Then they asked if we were really that mean and didn't let her have sissors. The truth is we don't because you just haven't seen her with a good pair of sissors. She's cut up a good bed sheet before.

Naughty Boy

Apparently Rafe knows that today is the first day that I have posted on my blog. He really must want to be the star of the show, because shortly after the parade my baby almost lost his life by his mother's hand. First a little background info. My dad for the last several years has grown all the flowers for my yard from seed. He watches over them like a hawk making sure that I don't kill them. Today he came over and said that he couldn't believe how great they were taking off. Well in comes Rafe. The pictures explain it all. He pulled out close to fifteen of my marigolds and then for good measure threw them in the bushes. I couldn't find two of them so who knows where they are. I must not of scared him too bad though, because that sure is a cute smile holding all my chopped marigolds!