Boating, Triathlon, Delicate Arch

 Paul really wants me to be better about keeping up on the blog so I'm trying....again....to catch up a little bit.  I'll be having a bunch of posts coming up that are old, stuff we want to document.  In June, we went boating with Breck and Preston.  We all had a ton of fun. The kids, especially Audrey, LOVED tubing.  

Audrey tubing with Skye

Audrey tubing with Colin

Audrey tubing with Mimi

Paul trying out surfing

Audrey was really excited when Preston let her drive the boat

The following weekend, we headed to Green River so Breck and I could do a triathlon.  However, the river was too high and we couldn't do the swim.  We just did the bike and run.  

 Breck came in first place, I got second

After the race we headed to Moab to take them to Delicate Arch

The Pacific Ocean

My kids had never been to the ocean.  They had seen it from the window of an airplane and been to many beaches at lakes, but never to the ocean. This was one of the things I was really excited to introduce them to when we came to California. We decided to head down to Santa Monica Pier so we could spend some time at the water and go to the pier.  I thought we'd touch the water and that would be it.  Surprisingly, it was really warm out and the water wasn't cold. We played forever.  They loved it so much, we went back the next day.

Riding the "dragon" at the pier.  Colin loved the ride. Audrey and I, not so much. Our stomachs didn't like it much.  

Being silly

Lake Tahoe 2013

We had a ton of fun again this year in Lake Tahoe with the cousins!

Being silly

We got a different house this year. It was sooo nice. This is a picture from the deck.

Playing in the jetted tub

Making Tie Dye shirts with Sheri

Headed out for a hike

Hiking:all the kids have their camelback backpacks

Modeling the tie dye shirts

Dancing!

They loved when the ice cream truck came

Paul and I got out for a bike ride together

The kids did so much biking during the week. Some on the street in front of the house....

Some was out on the mountain bike trails

Audrey learned to ride a bike without training wheels this week!

The beach!

Putt Putt

We went bowling too!

Paddle boarding. This was a lot of fun, relaxing.

River rafting!

The kids had fun floating down the river....(sorry for weird camera angles)

I think that Audrey and Tyler are going to go touring together.  He jumped right up to sing with the entertainment at the restaurant and Audrey was right there dancing along.