Lake Mead

We were invited by the Lewis family to spend a fun day on the lake last Saturday. The Sondrup family joined us, and it was a wonderful day. We got up bright and early to make sure and get a good spot on the beach. It was a beautiful day to be at Lake Mead!

When we first got there they loaded up the boat with all our supplies for the day, and left us and a few kids behind at the dock while they found us a beach. About 20 minutes later they came back for the rest of us, and we were headed out on the water for the day.

At the dock the kids enjoyed watching the fish in the water, and teasing the ducks.

Once we were on the boat I don't think Aliza stopped smiling the entire time. She was giggling when we started going faster and said "Mom, I think this is my first time in a boat." It's not, but she doesn't remember any of the other times. She loved it!

This was our camp set up for the day. It's more of just a rocky beach, but the kids enjoyed just being by the water. Aliza and her good friend Violet are in the tubes behind the boat. Again, Aliza was grinning ear to ear and yelling faster, faster. She is fearless.

Abbie and Avery got their chance at knee boarding, and Abbie also tried some wake boarding. I think it was harder than she thought it would be, but I'm so glad she tried it.

When Micah wasn't on the boat he was taking kids over for cliff diving. You can't see him well, but this is Micah jumping. Avery was loving the rock diving as much as her dad. You can see her pink lifejacket climbing up the rock.

The scenery was beautiful, and we love spending time with these two families.  It was a wonderful day, and a much needed break from our routine. Micah's birthday was the following day so we were able to sing to him after lunch, and Lindsay even brought him cupcakes with a candle for him to blow out. On the last trip out on the boat Grant hit his head on a knee board and needed stitches. So we quickly packed up camp, and headed home. Lucky for him his dad is a doctor and could just stitch him up at home. I was glad to see Grant at church the next day and it didn't look as bad as I thought it would. His dad just glued it, and he looked great. I wish I would have taken a picture of everyone together, but I didn't. These kids are such great friends, and I'm so glad we were able to spend the day together.