Diamond Lake -finally!

We had so much fun at Jeff's family reunion at Diamond Lake at Newport, Washington!  Spending time with family that we hadn't seen in a while was so wonderful. The time away from all the responsibilities of daily life was so refreshing!  Thanks Mom and Dad Carlsen for organizing it.

Our first day was cold and rainy; thank goodness for the Wii!

Jeff and Riley on the Sea-Doo

Julie in the kayak - so relaxing!

Enjoying some time in the sun and the coveted Capri-Sun

Jeff and Sienna on the wave runner - it was a short, slow, put-put ride, but a ride, none the less!

A sunset visit from the geese

Ahhh, Family Home Evening: what better way to get a bunch of kids to be reverent than to put  the "answers" in balloons and have the kids pop them! May not be very reverent, but it was fun.

My favorite part of the evening was when Ethan said the opening prayer and thanked Heavenly Father that Riley was there to play with them. Ethan had so much fun playing with Riley and still talks about him. Riley, thanks for being such a great cousin! Brenna, you spent so much time playing with the little girls too, pulling  them around in the bike trailer and keeping them happy! You are both great and we're so happy we are in the same family!

Jeff's photography skills -nice!

Jeff's wake-boarding skills- nice!

My wake-boarding skills - not so nice.

My tubing skill were better

Jeff and Ethan on the Sea-doo! Ethan is one lucky kid to have Jeff for a Dad; Jeff is lucky too...

Sienna trying to give Amilie a hug. Notice the fear in Amilie's eyes.

The hug

Jeff and Sienna on a boat ride!

Happy Birthday, Zoe!

Sienna loved the lake.

On the last day she got used to the idea of the life jacket - finally!

Ian and Ethan playing

Snuggling

The Columbia River on the drive home

The End!