Water Skiing August 2012 or one more family reunion post from last summer

Am I behind much?  Yes this is a post from last summer and I don't even think it is the last one.  But I am going to persevere and post as much as I can.  Going with the whole better late than never mantra.

So meanwhile back at the ranch, we had a family reunion in Spanish Fork August 2012.

My parents had a boat in Seattle and not many people wanting to use a boat.

There were many people in Spanish Fork wanting to use a boat but not having one.

So the boat moved to Utah and a beautiful relationship was born.

And by beautiful I mean the kind of relationship where you load up the car with

snacks, sunscreen, and a billion kids in swim suits with towels.

Once you get to the lake and go through the lovely process of getting the boat into the water

much of the time, it hasn't started.  This results in complaining from the kids who 

now get to play on the beach and watch the other people with functioning boats

driving past.  But this time apparently the boat read the schedule for the family 

reunion and decided to cooperate.

The kids loved riding in the tubes.  We set up a rotation where different groups with 

different interests and abilities came out at different times.  No one with a camera came

with the older boys who all water skied.

But we did get some great shots of the younger girl groups.

Here are Diana and Raeley

And here they are again.  Uncle Andrew made sure that they all got 

a great turn and then he managed to bounce them off of the tube, which of course was 

their favorite part.

Trent got a turn to drive.  He enjoyed that part as much as being in the water.

Miles was ready for a nap and went ahead and slept through the whole event.

Lizzie, Ali, and Brooklyn

Riding in the front of the boat is almost as fun as being in the tube.

The older girls, Laura, Raeley, Megan, and Diana

Laura taking a turn with the flag.  Way to go on 

a crucial but thankless job!