A Tribute to Summer Fun

Well summer is over, so here are some memories of what we were able to do this summer 2008.We went swimming with Mollie, Heath, Preston, Mark, Aki, Lealani, Derrick, and Daddy at Roaring springs in Boise. We rode the water slides and played in the kiddy pool. But I think Whitney liked the Lazy River the best it was where she finally got to take a nap. My favorite was seeing Mark, Heath, Derrick, and Berny play in the wave pool. They were acting like little boy who had just discovered the "funnest thing in the world!" They would dunk each other, jump in the waves, or they would let the waves carry them up to the shore till they were beached. They all had such big smiles on their faces and were having so much fun. hehe! Preston decided that he wanted to copy daddy. I have never seen to boys giggle and laugh so hard as a wave would crash down on them. HAHA!! I guess you would have had to have seen it for yourself. These are pictures that we took after we were done and getting ready to go home.



For the fourth of July Candace called and said, " Hey I am going to Carey Lake to go boating with my family. I am almost to you house so hop in and come with me." Well interestingly enough we did not have any plans for the fourth of July, so I called up mom and dad, and they brought Mark and Aki and we all went boating. We had a lot of fun Aki had never been before so..... Mark put her on the knee board, thats Love :) hehe! She had a hard time getting up, and when she got back she was shaking, She admitted to us that she is terrified of water. OOPS!! But the funny thing is that right after that she went out with us on the tube. I was amazed, Aki is a brave girl. She liked the tube. That crazy girl kept saying faster, faster! and I thought, "I though I was going faster." (Princess Bride, hehe!) She even started getting up on her knees. Once they did start going FASTER!! I ended up with Aki on top of me, which wasn't too bad until we started hitting some bumps. Ouch!! Candace really wanted a thrilling ride so when we turned she would say "LEAN!!!" and we would all lean into the turn. One time we leaned so far that we leaned Candace right off the edge, (hehehe!!!) and the weight difference sent me and Aki bouncing and souring through the air. We were pretty excited that neither of us fell off. Until the driver slowed down to go pick up Candace. Without the boat pulling the tube, the tube nose dived into the water and sent Aki and I in face first, BAM!! Candace said that we were lucky the tube dumped us because if not, she would have! haha!

This summer Whitney learned that she LOVES!! avocados. She thinks they are the coolest thing since breast milk and she can't get enough of them. The only problem is that when she eats them she makes a huge mess. So since it was so hot I could just strip her down, put a towel under her and let her go to town. Now it is getting colder so I will have to think of another way for Whitney to have her avocado time :( Just kidding, I'll just turn up the heat.