Pineview Reservoir with Chuck and Lisa

 So we planned a little trip to the lake with Chuck and Lisa and crew. They brought the paddle boards, we brought the fun.

 Kate was happy sitting in a puddle building sand castles. We all took time helping her dig her swimming pool.

 Ally giving me a smile even though she didn't want to.

 This photo sums up Ally and my relationship perfectly. Me gritting my teeth and trying to hang on, Ally diving straight ahead with a smile and loudness coming out of her mouth. Ally was a little tentative at first on the paddle boards. She warmed right up to the idea after about ten seconds.

 I love watching Chuck show off. He is pretty good at it. I love even more watching Tyler trying to copy him. I stopped trying to copy Chuck long ago. 

 Tyler trying to do a handstand on his paddle board. That is pretty much as far as he got. 

 Love this photo of Lisa and Luke. He is happy hanging out on the end of a stable board.

We had a great morning playing in the water.

I knew Byron would want to do some fishing after our lake time but he's not into the big lakes. We found a little dot on the map labeled Birch Creek and took off for it. It was much further than we had originally thought it would be.  The kids and I didn't want to fish but we did want to swim after walking up the hill to get to the lake. We paddled out and had a fun time pushing each other into the lake. We scared off the few fishermen that were nearby. Then Byron and Jason took a turn and did a little fishing. 

 We went on a little walk around the lake while we were waiting for the brothers. The rock cliffs were really cool looking. We also spied a bunch of mud swallow nests hanging off the cliff edges. Pretty cool to see. There was also tons of swallows flying around.

 Freckles galore on this nose. Cute sunshiny Ally.

 Trying to get a shot of those lashes.

 Carter had had it. He took a nap in the shade tent while we explored the waters edge.

 Cheesy Tyler. Wouldn't give me a good smile. Dang kids.