bass lake

I'm fully back in the swing of things with work, however the kids are finishing off their summer up with my in-laws. Our last family hoorah came in the form of a fantastic week with family at Bass Lake. My in-laws rented an amazing house right on the lake, which meant the kids could literally run out back and jump in. We are sooo grateful to them for providing such a fun place to spend the week together.

This was our backyard. Here Lauren and Kendall are working on something...not quite sure why they chose a floating dock to do writing. :)

This pic wasn't posed, which made it so much sweeter.

Chris' brother's family and our family piled into one car and made the drive to Yosemite one day. It was extremely hot, but didn't disappoint and was just so beautiful.

We rented a boat one day and it was a huge hit with the kids. They loved being pulled around (this is actually a pic of Chris falling off after attempting to stand up!).

Some of my favorite parts about these vacations are all the down times we have to just hang out and talk, both inside...

..and outside on the dock.

My MIL brought a Karaoke machine and Kendall and Lauren put together a party for everyone one night (including dancing!). 

Several games of Monopoly were played.

The entire vacation was amazing and more fun than I could have pictured us having. Unfortunately the end of the week yielded a few people who got sick. Chris' aunt Noonie is doing better, but we are still praying for her recovery. Cam and Kendall had gone home with my in-laws (they always watch them the first week that I have to go back to work), however not to go into too much detail, we ended up going to pick them up early as Cam got pretty sick. The kids were SOOO sad to have to leave, so we were able to work out a way for them to continue their stay after we had him home for a few days.

The kids get back Wednesday...then life for all four of us starts!!