Sunday, August 14, 2016

Summer Vacay 2016

We headed out to BC for our annual summer get-away with friends. This year we stayed in Sicamous BC on Mara Lake.  Overall, amazing time - as usual - that went by way too fast!

The night we arrived - hot and sunny on the lake! 


The kids wasted no time running down to the beach


The view from our condo....pool, water, woods....nothing better


The next day it was straight into the pool



 And exploring the dock and boats


Our friends stayed down the road and had a private beach...and a boat.  The men took all 5 kids out boating alone, while we tanned and chatted on the beach. Heaven.  :)


Another trip to another beach


Ahhhh, fresh air!

On a cooler day we drove into Revelstoke and rode the new mountain coaster. It was a hoot!  Like a real roller coaster with some surprising drops.  Amazing scenery.





Ya, I screamed....that thing picked up speed like crazy! 





One day we drove into Salmon Arm and spent a glorious morning on Canoe Beach






Yet another day....we drove to Kelowna.  Spent the afternoon on the beach.  Neela was brave enough to head out to the playground on the lake.  Ashton was happier in the sand. 


Near the end of the week the weather was smokin hot....so we had several boat days/beach days.  Lots of water activities....fad boarding, tubing, wakeboarding, and water-skiing.  Our kids are fearless on the water and each tried a bunch of things.  Neela was able to even get up water-skiing!

Getting coached on how to water-ski. We didn't get a photo of her skiing, but we have an awesome video.  She went a long time!






We topped off a fun week with ice cream, walks, dinner out, and more pool time.  It sure was hard to come home!