Lake Mohave

The Freeburys once again invited us to the lake with them.  Between our 2 families, we found 3 days we could get away.  Taking their brand new boat out 

Tracey and I.  We brought out her boat just so the dog could come

 Hailey must have knee-boarded for 45 minutes straight 

Maverick was in heaven

 Shane was so happy to go this year, last year he had a broken collarbone on this trip

Chris our boat master

 Tracey's happy place is at the lake.  

 She is a stud in the water

 Jesse mastered every toy they brought out

 Me, not so much.  I fought the boat and the boat won.  I did tryout barefoot skiing and succeeded until I let go of the bar while going 35 miles an hour.

 The water had to have been 86 degrees, insane

Shane escorting me on the Jet Ski

Jesse rode the jet ski for so long he thought he tweaked his knee.  It was fine the next day

Maverick was the highlight on the trip, getting pulled on the lilly pad

 The Freeburys grew up going to the lake and know how to do it right.  So thankful they always include us.

Chicken

Feeding the chickens, chicken and eggs

Still one of my favorites…

Pocket Knife

Jesse always has a pocket knife on him, mainly for all the Amazon boxes we get daily.  We were about to go through security at the LAFC game and he realized it was in his pocket.  He decided to hide it in the rocks in this photo where he is pointing along the wall of the stadium.  The picture taking was the distraction.  It was there after the game.  Win Win

favorite photo

I forgot to add my favorite photo from Hawaii- Papu

 iPhone 10

4th of July

Annual family golf tournament.  Nat the photographer and Hub our caddy

 Started out with a Birdie

 HaiButt made the shot of the day.  A 33 foot putt for an Eagle

 Jesse's ball marker

 Luke won closest to the pin for all the juniors

 team effort

 awaiting to hear the results of the tournament

Papu and Luke won closest to the Pin for the day

 Defending Champions with a score of 24.  We call it, The miracle on grass

 The Meyers had some of our favorite families over for a 4th of July BBQ

 Just the kids

 The whole gang

50 years

"Where there is love, there is life" -Ghandi  

Happy 50th Anniversary Papa and Papu!
 A week we will not forget

 Thank you for the memories, the kids can't wait for your 100th anniversary

Hiking

We all started on the Okokehao Trail

It started flat and calm

 then it started to get muddy and steep

 This group left and found an easier hike

 I stayed with Hub and we tried to follow Jesse, Shane and Luke.  

 The boys were way ahead of us

 Shane fell into the bushes

 Hanalei outlook

Jesse looked on the map and it showed there was only a 1/2 mile to the top of twin peaks.  Shane and Luke convinced him to go to the top.  What they didn't realize was that it was straight up and would take 45 minutes

Meanwhile the other group was hiking flat lands

so tired and hot

 The width of the trail along the ridge, just a few feet wide

Extreme hiking

 They made it to the top of Twin Peaks, not the hike we had planned for.  The boys had no water at this point and 2 1/2 hours back down.  Hub and I hid some water along the path for them as we knew they were low.  The boys devoured it and still needed more

 Jesse said the boys never complained once

8 miles of extreme hiking, mud, ropes, ridges, and cliffs

The boys were beyond exhausted.   I was exhausted and Hub and I turned around with 800 meters to go