The Lake Weekend

So, since it's been over a month since I've posted, I will make up for it by putting up a rediculously long post...but lots of pictures which makes it a little more interesting right?

This past weekend we had our annual cousins' weekend at the lake. It was as fun as always! Thanks to Jason and Rachel for hosting us again...and thank you to Jason's parents who always let us come crash at their lake house. The weather was beautiful and everybody stayed safe and there was plenty of great conversation and tons of food consumed! haha...basically a pretty great combination! Here are the pictures I took from the weekend.

Darci

 Gare peeking at me

 Aria posing for me

 Here she is swimming around like a little fish

 Another fish...who is always ready to smile for me

 Darci soaking in the rays

 I never get many shots of the adults...not sure why. But here's Tara, Tami and Christin catching up

 Kyra, Shar, Faye and Heidi getting ready for luch

 the boys getting in some fishing

 Matt and his little buddy

 Little Ollie Z

 My sisters...always a treat to be with them

 Jarod helping Josh get his skis on

 Josh learned how to ski off the boom this year...popped right out of the water. Next year he wants to try the rope off the back of the boat.

 concentrating....

 Garrison was not impressed...

 Love his look of happiness

 Darci, who gets her lack of coordination from me, wanted to try too. Thankfully, Jarod was right there to help her out.

 never could get her to straighten her legs. But she was having a lot of fun anyway.

 Gare was still very unimpressed by it all

 Next up was Will

 So cute how he's looking at his Dad and Mom

 I love his delighted face

 Just chillin...

 But after falling...he was done

 I was shocked when Aria decided she wanted to try

 And with Jarod helping, she popped right up

 she loved it... and said it was easy :) So, nice to have Jarod right there to push her little bum up and help her!

 Then it was Jackson's turn...

 This 3 year old has an iron grip that's amazing!

 When his skis fell off, he just hung on and got pulled around for awhile

 He was hillarious to watch

 This picture just cracks me up...it's Jarod attempting to barefoot off of the boom. I told Heidi he looks like a warrior from Lord of the Rings going into battle on a horse. I've never seen him look so fierce! haha...the water was a little too rough though and he ended up in in what looked like a terribly painful face plant.

 so then he tried it off the rope...but the water was still too rough. I was bummed because I wanted to see him get up.

 Josh in awe of his uncle

 this guy, on the other hand...pretty tough to impress

 Will watching his mom getting ready to ski

 He seriously didn't even turn around to watch anyone ski

 except for one person

 He did turn and watch his daddy

 but still not much of a reaction...silly guy.

 We had stopped back at the house between Jarod skiing and Heidi and Matt. In the activity, Josh and Darci got off the boat and got left behind when we went back out. Needless to say, they were more than a little mad at us. When we pulled back in, they were standing with their backs to us. Their body language spoke volumes of their irritation with us. Our bad...we will need to make sure to have better communication in the future.

It was such a great weekend. I didn't get pictures of all the people that were there...but we loved being with each and every one of you. Hopefully, in the future the ones who missed this year will be able to come too!