Shaver Lake, CA

August 13- August 18, Chad and I had the opportunity to head out to Shaver Lake, CA for my family's annual summer boating trip. Although this was only our second summer going to Shaver Lake, we had an awesome trip with the Simmons family and Chad got to be there this year! We were up every morning by 6:30 a.m. and out on the Lake for some serious boating while the water was smooth and then got to spend lots of time relaxing on the beach, playing cards, tubing, wake surfing (the newest boating sport), and eating. It was definately nice to get out of Provo for a couple of days and spend some time with my family.

The Myer family boat...

At the condo we stay at, there is a pool table located in the basement that my little brother Luke is obsessed with! Whenever we were back at the condo, it was almost a guarantee that Luke would be downstairs playing pool with whoever he had convinced to play with him that time.

Chad and I suiting up in life jackets before a crazy tube ride ( I think right after this picture he actually pushed me off the swim deck into the lake)
My little brother Luke has a real passion for fishing (of all the random things to be excited about) and was given my grandpa's old fishing pole and tackle box prior to the trip. To complete the outift, my mom also found this old black hat, and they found a yellow inflatable boat for him to paddle around our cove. It was hilarious how focused he was about this whole fishing business. He would grab all his gear and be out in the middle of the cove for an hour and a half just fishing. Unfortunately, we left his boat and gear on the beach underneath our shade cover over night and returned the next day to find that it had been stolen. He was pretty bummed, but excited he did have some chance to fish.

On Friday afternoon, we all drove over to Dinkey Creek for a picnic lunch, some cliff jumping, and a small hike to a large waterfall and a swimming hole. Dinkey Creek is absolutely beautiful.

Log-jumping into the swimming hole with Luke and Chad. We also drove over to a grove of Sequoia trees for a quick peek. Those trees were so tall, I couldn't even believe it!
One of our favorite things to do back at the cabin was play games, so on one afternoon all of the kids played part of a rousing game of Phase 10. It got to be quite competitive, as always, but was a fun way to relax after a long day.