A Day at the Lake

Curtis and Jason

Curtis Wakeboarding

Emily and Steph

Jason Getting Ready to Skurf

We are so lucky to have such wonderful friends here to help us out and get us acquainted with Arizona!  (And to invite us out for some fun!) :)  Emily and Jason invited us to go to the lake on Saturday with Mark (the dentist Emily used to work for here).  So, we were up and out the door at 4:30 (yes...that's A.M.) to go hit the water!

Curtis, Jason (in water), and Emily

We met up with Mark, and his friend, Curtis, at Mark's house, then jumped in the Sequoia and headed out.  Curtis and I have only wakeboarded a couple times each and it has been a while.  But, we both got up on the first try and did alright.  Hopefully we'll get many more chances to hit the lake and get better! 

Mark Skurfing

All of the guys skurfed too!  It was a couple of the guys' first time on a skurf board, but they did pretty well.  (And, of course, Mark made it all look too easy - you can't tell this guy owns a boat at all!  Ha-ha!)  :) 

Em and I soaked up some rays, while getting to enjoy the vast array of music from "DJ Marky Mark's" playlist.  And we occasionally jumped in the lake to cool off from the Arizona heat.  All in all, it was an awesome day!  We were totally worn out when we were done, but we had so much fun! 

Kiesig Fam Reunion



Cassi Making Strawberry Shortcake at Papa's House

Before my big move to Arizona, I got to spend my last week hanging out at the Kiesig Fam Reunion!  We were supposed to go to Yellowstone and have a big extended family event, but we planned a little too late and there were no available campsites or cabins.  So, my dad and his siblings decided to still get together and have a "mini reunion" in Twin Falls & Boise. 
We went hiking to Balanced Rock in the morning.  Then spent a couple hours on the Hagerman River on a pontoon boat for lunch.  The lunch was made by a nationally famous chef that cooks for the Snake River Grill in Hagerman - it was delish!!! After that, everyone went back to dad's house for naps and to relax.  Then we BBQ'd at dad's house...trout...sloppy joes...hot dogs...potato salad...deviled eggs...rolls...and more.  Then strawberry shortcake for dessert!  It was an amazing meal!    

Scotty, Delany, Vicky, & Dad

Lexi & Steph at Balanced Rock



Ken & Jeni

 
 



 





My Favorite Tree at 1,000 Springs





    

  

Watermill at 1,000 Springs



1,000 Springs Boat Tour

 (Lexi, Vicky, Ken, Jeni, & G'ma)



The Capitol (Delany, Scotty, Ken, Vicky, Jeni, Dad)



Go Broncos! 



Some people stayed in Twin and went to Shoshone Falls the next day...some people headed back to Boise to relax.  Then, everybody met up in Boise to hang out for the 4th of July.  We went to the parade downtown.  Then headed over to the capitol to be tourists.  While we were there, we only felt it necessary to write "Go Broncos" in the seats (as you can see above).  We also wrote "Go Orange, Go Big Blue."  Now they have something to look forward to, they next time they meet.  Then we headed back to Scotty's farm and played lasso golf...ate...played a cornhole tournament...ate...drove remote control cars...did I mention that we ate?!  Scotty BBQ'd for all of us and we had burgers & brawts & pulled pork...watermelon...cantelope...potato salad...and key lime & graham ice cream sandwiches.  After a while, everybody that wanted to go, got ready and headed down to Ann Morrison for the fireworks.  They weren't very long, but they were good!  I love fireworks!!!  The 4th of July is one my favorite holidays!!!  Everyboday camped out under the stars the night of the 4th.   We had a campfire and roasted smores.  Then we woke up to a yummy dutch oven breakfast!  Then everybody had to head back home. 

   

Jeni, Scotty, Ken, & Vicky playing Cornhole

Dad & G'ma watching Cornhole

    

I had such a good time hanging out w/ my aunt's & uncle's, dad & Jeni, and Lexi!!!  (And Tiffer & the kids when we were in Twin!)  Loved that we still did the "mini-reunion" before I headed off on my new adventure!