Lake rats!

Look at those lake rats! In our normal responsibility-shirking manner, we spent most of our free Friday nights and Saturdays at the lake this summer. We are so blessed to have a kick ass ski boat pretty much at our disposal without having had to actually buy a boat. This is the second summer Mike and Melissa have had the boat and this year Mike generously bought an older Suburban to tow with so we no longer have to take two trucks. Way to go Mike! :D

Lovin' life!

All of us girls love the lake!

Chris' newest love in life is wake surfing. After trying it once behind a friend's boat, he was sold. For his 34th bday, his parents went in with the kids and I for his own board and rope. We felt that was a good donation to the boat! Chris is now a die hard surf junkie who lives for the lake and is willing to compromise all morals just to get a pull behind a good boat. We always tease him about being a surf whore as he will have his jacket on, board in hand, ready to jump ship at any given moment to the boat with the full tanks and a good wake.

Lyss really enjoyed surfing as well. It's very low impact because you start off on the platform and never go faster than 10 or 11mph.
While surfing is his first choice, Chris still enjoys a good ride on the wakeboard!

Bjorn become our kneeboard guru this year. After one ride, he informed us that he was mostly professional and took it upon himself to instruct everyone else on how to properly ride the kneeboard!

Summertime fun

My goodness, where did summer go? It seems like we were just gearing up for a great summer of lake fun and rock crawling and now suddenly, it's the end of September! I must apologize for not updating the blog on a regular basis. Between life, kids, playing, and being preggo, I've definitely dropped the ball. Now that the weather is starting to get cooler and not every free moment is spent at the lake, I'm going to try and get caught up. I thought I'd start with some fun random moment pictures from our crazy life.


My newest salt and pepper shaker courtesy of my little brother, Seth. He collects squirrel paraphernalia for me, you see. :)


Liz, Amie, Seth, and I


Happy days in the sand

A big moment for Bjorn; with the installation of "Lola" our 3 speed transfer case in Lemon Joy, we now have super low 4 low which allows one to dump the clutch in all 4 gears and not kill LJ. We figured this was a great time to start working with Bjorn on driving a standard/rock crawling. This is his first time actually driving Lemon Joy, plus he's on an actual trail in Farmington and he did AWESOME!!

In hindsight, we may be creating a monster seeing as how starting out in a rock buggy might give one a warped perception of reality!!

Life in Lemon Joy is GOOD.

Look at those cute faces!

Rock crawling wears everyone out.

Miss Moo

Once again, rock crawling can really wear you out!

A fabulous dinner at the Hibbard home. From L to R: Bjorn, Lyss, Amie, Seth, Mike, Todd, Ryan, Michael, Marrie, and Chris.

"Stevie" Bjorn's belly button tattoo.

Miss Moo and Beaker enjoying a tea party.

Ben and Kami, some wheeling buddies from Salt Lake came for a visit and we had a fabulous time!

Here's Ben and Lyss at Piedra Falls.

Planky and I enjoying Piedra Falls as well.