My friend Julie invited us to go with her and her kids and another family to go play at Rigby Lake. My friend Rachael brought her boat and the boys LOVED it! Ethan and his friends rowing the boat.
Lily isn't a big fan of the water, which is fine by me since she has tubes in her ears. She does love dirt and saw a girl burying herself in the sand and wanted to try it out.
After our friend went home Brad joined us at the Lake and we had dinner and played some more. What a fun day!
Brad's family reunion this year was at a cabin in Palisades. It was beautiful and SO organized with everything from cribs and high chairs to movies and ping pong! We went white water rafting which was a lot of fun! I went down the first run while Brad's parents watched the kids and then we switched.
We spent a couple of days at the cabin and then left the kids with Brad's family for one night so Brad could be rested for his Triathlon the next morning. It was so nice to watch the race without chasing kids! Thanks to everyone who helped while we were gone!
Brad did really well! Below is a pic of him on the bike.
This was Brad's 5th Triathlon, of those it was his 2nd Olympic distance race. Yeah Brad I'm so proud of you! I had 2 of my best friends who also competed and 3-4 other people I knew. It was fun to cheer them all on!
After the race we went back to the cabin.
This is a pic of our 3 sleepy kids who came to wake us up. One morning at camp I walked outside the cabin and almost stepped on a little lizard! Yikes! The boys of course caught him with the help of Brad's cousin (who decided to keep him). That night Ethan asked if I would wake him up early so he could catch more lizards. I said, "absolutely not." After getting Lily to sleep I left the room and my phone accidently and Ethan set the alarm on my phone to wake himself up for 6! That next morning at 6 when 2 very excited boys came into our room at 6, we were not very happy campers.
Lily found several caterpillars at the cabin. She loved this little yellow "callipillar" and carried it around for about an hour until she dropped him in the tall grass and we couldn't find him. He was probably so glad he survived the hands of a 2yr old!
Lily is giving her "callipillar" a ride!
Swimming in the lake!
Lily has a fascination with shoes and sunglasses.
The boys loved swimming, it was such a HOT day!
Lily getting a little wet, that's about as far as she went but she was proud of herself.
Except with Dad's help.
How fun to see you enjoying Rigby Lake! It looks a lot different than when I was young. The island used to be a fun secret forest, but then they cut most of the trees down. Still, the grass is nice and I like the slide.
ReplyDeleteCongrats, Brad, on your triathlons, that is so amazing!