A Crazy Red Head

We headed up to Bear Lake on Tuesday after work. Dan was working hard to put together a truck bed rack to hold his and his brother Jared's Kayaks. I thought they were crazy when they picked these two orange vagabonds up at the scout auction last November but everyone loved them, especially Seth:

He didn't want to get out of his and was getting pretty good at maneuvering them.

We love the North Shore in Idaho and have a favorite spot. We set up our chairs and umbrellas and scoot out as much as we think we can get away with. I had brought the paint crayons and Slayder was in great demand. There were "Me Next!" and "Can you draw this?" He loves to draw and is really very good at it.

Little Brother Bridger:

One of the Twins:

The Other Twin:

Miss Harlie's Fish Lips:

Even the girls loved to play in the shallows and would practice turning over and over. Usually they had to get out and turn the kayak around!

Slayder was awesome and never tired of paddling. He also passed off a merit badge by using a pair of jeans as a floatation device... Whatever!

I love swimming and was shocked to learn that I had left my swimming suit at home. I was so sad to have to resist riding the tubes with the boys. I had so much fun trying to knock Slayder and Drake off last time but was afraid of loosing my shorts.

Tai turned 6 at the end of June and wanted to celebrate his birthday with all of his cousins at Grandpa's cabin! We sang birthday wishes to Tai, Slayder and Jared!!!

Slayder had the meals for his birthday on Saturday all planned out. It started with an early breakfast of Sausage and Bisquits with Gravy. Oh Happy Boy:

On Saturday we started for the beach extra early to get our spot.

Seth found this hapless fish lying dead near the beach:

Jared and Dan had definite plans to flip the kayaks

Man, my Husband is HOT!

First attempt was a bust:

After wriggling out of the kayak, they hefted it over their shoulders to get rid of the excess water. Dan used the rubber skirt for the first time today and after hearing him holler that he was loosing his skirt when he climbed back into the seat, I almost dropped my camera in the water from laughing so hard!

The second attempt was not much better:

Dan thought it might help to watch some more videos on youtube before trying it again...

Tai using the hot dog like he thinks it was intended, definitely not at top speed, behind grandpa's boat, going in circles or crashing through waves!!!

After Seth toodled around, hoarding one of the kayaks, Dan asked him to hop out and give someone else a turn. He overturned the kayak and stomped off. This is a picture of him after lunch when he got to give it another go: