Yuba Lake

We always do a water-ski trip over July 6th (this year marks 11 years since my Mom passed away.) This year we decided to try Yuba Lake. We were all worried that we'd die of heat, but then the weather forecast called for beautiful days in the low 80s. Well, unfortunately, the weather was quite cold, very windy, and sometimes rainy! Dang! But we still had a great trip. I didn't get to ski as much as I hoped but the kids loved playing in the sand and riding on the tube behind Papa's boat. We also played lots of games (which I love...) and the kids had so much fun playing with their cousins. We also brought the motorcycle so we enjoyed some rides as well. It was a lovely vacation.

Here's Tess, with her "Mom, just take the stupid picture so I can go play" look. Miles, doing his still-favorite pastime of throwing rocks into the water. (Rocks which, incidentally, would always go out about 5-10 feet into the water--just right for us to constantly trip over and stub our toes on when we're helping to push the boat out from shore...grrr.)

Miles took naps on Bryan's lap each day. They were buddies when it came to naptime. Since Miles is a pretty light sleeper, poor Bryan was stuck, unable to move a muscle, during each nap. What a great daddy.

This was probably Tess's favorite activity of all--driving Papa's boat. She's a feisty little thing and when Papa would try to "help" her steer in the right direction, she stubbornly held her ground going in the direction she wanted.
On our last day there (July 6th), the weather was gorgeous, the water was smooth, and the lake was virtually void of boat traffic. How appropriate that our best day was July 6th! My niece Bayli learned how to ski on one ski that day. We were all so proud and happy for her (and I'm sure her Gramma Kathy was proud too!)