Family Reunion Day 3

On the third day, some hiked, some went on the waverunners, and some did both.  I did both and so did Tessa and Alex.  Jarem, Jesikah, and Eric just did the waverunners.  The hike was very easy and low key.  We had some little kids and babies along, so we had to keep it slow and short.  It was a pretty area. 

Joel and Cindy walking together while Alex pushed the stroller.

At one point during the hike, we could see down into Cascade Lake and saw our two waverunners out in the water.

Around the same time, we also saw this bald eagle flying above us.  I zoomed in so you could see it better.

Aaron with the Hayley and Jesikah on the waverunner

Aaron with the girls and Eric with Tessa getting ready to go out.  Eric LOVED the waverunners and is convinced he wants to get some once his student loans are paid off.  Don't get your hopes up though, that will most likely be a long while. :)

Eric and Tessa heading out

Both these pictures (above and below) are Eric with Tessa and Jarem.  This was the time that they went out, went over a wake of the other waverunner, leaned the wrong way, and all had to jump off to keep the waverunner from overturning.  Tessa and Jarem were wet and cold when they got back in and weren't sure they wanted to go out again after that.  It was a good time for all who went out though.  I even drove the waverunner for awhile with Eric riding on the back.

Alex and his buddy, Ashlyn

After playing in the sun all day, we headed back to the cabins, had dinner, cleaned up, and went to an outdoor theatre to watch the play, "Wizard of Oz".  The play was excellent.  Something funny though...that same night, the new multi-level marketing company called Havvn had reserved most of the theatre for a recruiting meeting.  We got in on the tailend of it while we waited for the show to start and also during intermission.  It was funny to hear their sales pitch on this new anti-aging skin care product line.  So, if you want to get in on the ground level of this new MLM, check it out. (joking, don't do it)!

The next morning (Saturday) we had breakfast, cleaned the cabins, and headed out.  Everyone went back home except for us and Mom and Dad who went back to Candace and Aaron's.

It was a fun few days and one of my favorite parts was playing games with Candace and Aaron after all the kids were in bed.  Candace packed a lot of fun into a few days.  It was fun to have all my family together again except Melanie who was on bedrest with twin girls.

We spent Saturday night and Sunday at Candace and Aaron's also going to church with them.  Then Sunday evening, we headed over to the hotel in Boise, where we would stay the next 5 nights.  Candace was set to be induced on Tuesday and Mom and Dad were there to help.  We decided it would be too much pressure to have 6 extra people in the house, so we got a hotel room to ease the burden on them.