Priest Lake Summer 2012

We were able to go to Priest Lake with Ty's family this summer! Ty has talked about his summers at Priest Lake when he was a kid and was very excited to be able to share those experiences with the girls and me. We spent almost all our time hanging out in the sun on the beach. The girls LOVED playing in the lake!

 The Parachute. This was the campsite we'd all meet for family gatherings.

 Lily was hard to keep track of. She just wanted to explore everywhere!

Crystal had tons of fun playing with her cousins! 

 The lake!

 Ty took Crystal out on the kayak a few times. She loved it.

It was hard convincing her to stop to eat let alone stop long enough to take a nap!!!!

She is my little fish. Unfortunately she has NO fear of the water. I was a nervous wreck the first few days!

Ty and I jumping of the end of the dock ... the water was COLD!

 

She wanted to jump off like everyone else but she wasn't brave enough to go off the end... in fact the very front of the dock was good enough for her (one foot of water. lol)

Ty convinced her to go out farther. By the end of the week she'd jump by herself from about that point. Just enough to touch the bottom.

Movie night. The Muppets.

Ty diving off the pole.

One day we went on a little hike! The made it to the top! Lily insisted on walking most of the way!

Sucker from the Candy Wagon.

She loves dirt as much as she does water (dirt and suckers don't mix well)

This is the candy wagon. According to Ty the only rule is that you can't say no. Lily didn't quite understand this rule thank goodness or we would have been in trouble. Crystal caught on rather quickly!

Hanging out with Grandma and Daddy

Lily really loved jumping off the side even though she had a hard time getting over the side rail.

This girl makes me nervous!

Papa took us fishing one day while we were there.The path was 'a little' wet from rain.

Daddy and Lily fishing.

Papa caught a frog!

Crystal's fish! They caught quite a bit but this one didn't make it, so we had a little taste test when we got home!

July 4th! 

Grandma and Grandpa LaPray and their grandchildren (and great grandchildren) who were at Priest Lake this year!

Swimming Lessons and Seven Peaks Summer 2012

Swimming is one of our favorite things to do in the summertime.  We get great deals on season passes to 7 peaks, so we spend a lot of time there while its open! Ty's afternoon work schedule (though it has its downsides) is perfect over the summer because he can come along with us! Its just wonderful! 

This year was Crystal's first year of swimming lessons. She's always been pretty timid in the water even though she absolutely loves spending summers at 7 Peaks. She DOESN'T like putting her face in the water. We decided to put her in the first summer class so she would have the entire summer to master the skills she learned there. The class lasted 2 weeks and it took the ENTIRE two weeks for the teacher to convince her to put her face under on her own. After her class we'd usually go to 7 peaks for a few hours, so we would practice with her there. FINALLY on the last day she bobbed her head under the water a few times. Just enough to pass the class. hehe. 

 Blowing bubbles. Forward float.

 Practicing our kicks!

 She's trying to convince her to put her WHOLE face in. Crystal puts in just enough to blow bubbles. We even got her goggles thinking it would help her put her face in, but it didn't work.

 Back Float

Rocket Ship!

On the last day of class they got to go down the slide!

 Crystal (on the left) LOVED it!

Seven Peaks!

This was Crystal's favorite slide. It was a 'fast' slide that she could go down herself.

Just getting off the slide. She'd end up under water every time she hit the bottom of the slide, but she didn't mind.

Playing in the splash pool!

Lily LOVED the splash pool!

She liked to hang out in the shallow part of the splash pool and float around.

Daddy liked it too.