Lake Chelan

Our annual trip with Jen, Rene, Ryan and Ethan was to Lake Chelan this year.  We had a blast!  It was nice and hot so you were comfortable being in the water for a long time and we had lots of breaks back in camp.  The kids really liked playing pokemon go because there were several poke stops nearby.  They were able to do some "raid" battle and actual caught some of those pokemon. 

 We spent a lot of time down at the lake which was great.  The kids had a blast playing in the sand, in the water and jumping off the floating dock.  The dock is new to us, it wasn't there last time we were there.

 The kids had a really good time trying to catch the football off the dock.  What am I saying?  Daddy did too.

 Daddy and Rene got REALLY good at throwing the kids into the water.

 They found a piece of driftwood.  It didn't really float with them on there... but they found it entertaining.

 Kayda brought her camera.  We used it for pretty much all the water activities. I took some pictures from the beach but most are her camera.

 We rented this trampoline for an hour, just for our group.  It was so much fun!  Everyone was pretty tired by the time we were done with that hour.  There was the trampline, a slide, a walkway to an almost, not quite other trampoline and a log roller.  The log roller was a crowd pleaser!

 Left to right: DIllon, Kayda, Rene, Ryan, Carson, Ethan, Daddy.  I was out there too!  I was just taking most the pictures!

 Here are some videos of the kids trying the log roller.  Kayda made it almost to the end several times.  She was, by far, the best out of all of us.

We went and ate lunch at Blueberry Hill.  It has a pretty cool view.  The food wasn't great so we won't go there again.

The kids played cards... a lot.  They also played charades, catch, road bikes, Kayda worked on pitching... it was a good 6 days.

You won't see any pictures since we didn't bring any cameras but we also went to the slide waters park.  It was a great little water park.  Carson could go on almost all the rides.  There were only two he couldn't do.  Everything was set up that I was comfortable letting the kids go on their own (provided they stayed together).  The only one they weren't allowed in without us was the lazy river.  It was just deep enough and busy enough that it made me anxious if I didn't have the kids close. We took a little time where all the kids went to ride some of the rides while the adults went and did a few on our own.  It was a really good time.  Kayda and I's favorite attraction was the downhill racers.  It was set up like the big slides at the fair that you ride the mats down... but with a foam mat and water.  We would go up, the three adults and race.  I never won but I had a great time making myself get air off each of the bumps.  Carson  and Dillon really liked purple haze.  The slide is entirely enclosed so you have no light whatsoever.  It was fine for Carson because he could sit up.  Daddy and I both tried it and because we had to lay down all kinds of water shot up your nose and at times felt like you couldn't breathe.  Carson was pretty excited to try that one though.  Of course Dillon says he rode it laying down.  Maybe it's just us old folks that can't take it.

It was a great vacation.  Hectic to start because it was right after fourth of July so we didn't have our normal time to pack the trailer.  Then hectic after because we went straight home to scout camp.  It was a great trip anyway!

Boomshaka Party

The kids were invited to some a birthday party for a couple of their soccer pals. It was at a place called boomshaka.  The kids had a blast!  It was a warehouse full of trampolines, some with basketball hoops and punching bags, a trampoline dodge ball game, foam pits to swing or jump in to as well as obstacle courses.  The kids have a blast and have asked multiple times to go back already. 

Pumpkin Patch

We lucked out and last Friday ended up being a nice day.  So after the walk-a-thon the kids finished up school then Daddy came home early.  We tried to tease the kids and convince them that we weren't going to the pumpkin patch but Kayda couldn't be fooled.  We like Maris Farms so much last year that we decided to go there again this year.  The only thing we don't like is the corn maze, it just isn't set up well. The kids were SO excited when we got there.  We had already bought our pumpkins at another farm but we wanted to go for the activities. When we got there I told them the condition was that they had to have their pictures taken and be good about it. They held up their end pretty well!

 Once again they thoroughly enjoyed the giant wood box.  I can't remember what it's called.  It's around 8 ft tall and maybe 5 ft wide and 5 ft deep and it's an obstacle course that they crawl through essentially.  They loved it and did it at least three times.

  Of course we had to play on the jumping pillow... a few times.

 Daddy got in on the action!

 Carson was riding in the little section alone so Dillon decided to join him.  Dillon just barely fit.  Without the disadvantage of smaller wheels (like on their bikes) Carson kept up with Dillon no problem.

 Carson wanted to ride the big one with Mommy.  Considering how you're situated to pedal it was quite a feat.  He had to straddle my legs with his feet sticking out each side and then he would bounce side to side as I pedaled.  It was probably like an amusement park ride! Fortunately Daddy helped us up the little incline because there is absolutely no way to pedal very effectively with a 5 year old bouncing around on your thighs.

 The tug of war only lasted one time.  The kids against Daddy.  Daddy won but it was fun watching the kids try.  Dillon ended up on his stomach!

 They added human foosball this year.  Dillon was enamored with it.  While Carson and Kayda moved on to the new zip-lines Dillon kept on playing foosball.

 Then Carson didn't want to stop the zip-lines.  He would've ridden them all evening if we'd let him.

 Kayda, Carson and I "raced"  I think the next pictures are pretty fun because you can see each of us hit the stop in turn!

 We had to do the pipe rollers again.  The kids worked hard to get them up the incline and touch the poles at the end.  Carson ended up sliding in the bottom of it a few times because he couldn't keep up.  There was one time he AND Kayda were down but Dillon kept plowing ahead while they slide in the bottom of it.

 Kayda desperately wanted to do the corn maze.  The boys stopped after the first half but she and I finished it.

 Back to foosball!  Our family played against another family and we definitely won!  The kids had a blast playing this game.

 Carson really wanted to go back to the jumping pillow so made sure to stop by there for the last few minutes before it closed.

It was a great day, exhausting day.