Lake Owyhee 2012

The traditional Lake Owyhee lived on this year! The kids loved it more than ever. They loved it last year too, but this year they were a little older and able to do more, and we were able to relax a little more since they are both a little older. For the kids, the treasure hunt that the super fun Aunt Jamie put together was the highlight. That happened day two, and the rest of the vacation the kids towed around their treasures and kept them in the safe treasure chest.

Luke was very brave and LOVED swimming in the lake anytime the boat would stop and he would get a chance to jump in.

Halle, on the other hand, really wanted to swim in the lake, but every time she would work up to it and get closer and closer to the water from the swim deck but just couldn't make the jump (or even just slide) into the lake from the swim deck. It was a little spooky for her. Finally, the last day, she got in with me, her clinging onto me with a death grip. But still, she did it!

Luke also loved tubing, and for the first time got pretty wild and crazy being pulled on it. One of the times I went with him and I was surprised at how fast he wanted to go and kept asking for more! It was really funny to be on there with him and listen to what he was saying. He would actually act like he was on an episode of his favorite TV show, a Disney Jr. channel shows called The Octonauts. He would yell out "Octo-alert! Octo-alter!" (which means trouble) or "Open the Octo-hatch!" (the name of their submarine). It was pretty hilarious and very cute.

The kids had lots of fun doing art projects Jamie and Grandma Lori had planned for them, including coloring, rock painting, finger painting, and all sorts of stuff.

And a lot of fun to have Uncle Jake back this year. He was doing crazy flips and jumps as usual, and Grandpa Sheldon was also doing crazy jumps for a man of 54. I told Mom we should send some video of him wakeboarding into some wakeboard companies and maybe he'd get sponsored or something.

I enjoyed reading a book for the first time in a long time. Actually, I almost got through two! It was a great, relaxing time.

On the way home we stopped at a diner in Boise that Cory and I saw probably six months ago on a popular show called Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives that is on the Food Network channel. We saw the diner was in Boise and it looked sooo good, so we said that we would stop there when we were driving through Boise on our way to or from Lake Owyhee. So we stuck to it, and we were glad we did! It was very, very yummy and a fun stop! The kids loved the food, especially the ice cream. I think we'll add that stop onto our Lake Owyhee tradition.