A great day of boating on the lake

 Ashley was pretty much a permanent fixture right there in that spot.  She liked to turn around and face the front and then put her arms out and be "Queen of the world".  She had so much fun boating.

 Jason also had so much fun.  He could do this all day every day. 

 Here is Jason doing his Flynn Rider smolder.  I think he is cuter:)

 Uncle Karl took us to jump off a bridge.  Something we had not done before.  At this point Jason is pretty sure he is going to jump.

 Here he is pretty sure he will never jump.   Nathan is trying to tell him he can do it.

 Then he finally went.  He had to turn around and face front.  He would not jump backwards.  He did not want to stop jumping once he did it the first time.

wakeboarding

Thank-you for all your patience and advice Uncle Karl!!!!!! It was a great day.

Tubing

Both boys got up and did an awesome job on the  wakeboard.  We had so much fun our day boating.  The weather was perfect and the lake was not crowded at all.  And of course Aunt Jana and Uncle Karl treated us like royalty.

grandma's pool

We were missing Grandma's pool so James and the kids went to buy one.  I know it is not quite the same but it was fun anyway

Micheal and Ashley were making the traditional whirl pool when Gus decided he wanted in on the action.

Even Aunt Nancy got in on the action.

Then we decided we needed pictures of the pool spot. They all had to pretend to swim in the pool one last time.  Nathan always did like to be under water.

Fort Simcoe

 Apparently there is a fort in central Washington that was used during the Indian wars.  It looked like it was now a camp ground and there may have been some water on the property somewhere but there was also a huge sign that said "Bear Warning" and my family was not brave enough to adventure too far off.

 Jason and Ashley are seeing what it would be like to be a prisoner.

 This was the soldiers barracks.

 Unfortunaly the fort was not officially open on Mondays (we were having bad luck in that department) so some of the builings like the officers houses were not open.  But we could look in the windows at some pretty fun stuff.

Grandma's caramel corn

 This is grandma teaching Allison how to make her yummy caramel corn.  We are all hoping Allison will be able to replicate it.

The fourth of July

We had a mellow, relaxing, and somewhat boring July 4th.  When James came home we had a yummy BBQ and then we did fireworks until it was time to go to the park and watch the big fireworks.

 Jason emerging from a cloud of smoke.

 Ashley is always ready for a picture. 

 Jarin is going to miss us in the  fall:).

 Ashley loving her fruit bar.

 Jason was excited that one parachute had a real toy army guy!!!!

Allison fell asleep on the table:).