Day 4-5
We spend both days at the beach and playing on the boat. I decided to face my fears and try water skiing. Ryan had a nose plug that he let me use, otherwise I would have drown. They pretty much drug me around the lake for 45 minutes. Mark said that I was up a couple of times, but immediately crashed or the other time I couldn't quite stand up. I guess my legs were too tired and cold. Basically I butt skied. When I crashed that was it. I am not sure if anyone will be able to talk me into trying it again. I am just accepting that I am not a water person. I do better staying on land and making sand sculptures. I really enjoyed sculpting in the sand. I thought a lot about what tools would make the job easier (like a paintbrush to brush off the flaky sand) and imagined mixing in some type of glue so the sculpture could support itself a little better. The next sculpture I made was a frog.
It wasn't quite like I wanted, but the sand around its head kept sloughing off. There wasn't much underneath to support it. This is were I was dreaming of glue.
But 15 minutes later, non of that mattered. You know how little boys love to destroy things!! Which is why I am totally amazed that the sea dragon and turtle sand sculptures that we made on Monday, were still intact by Friday. I couldn't believe no one or the elements had touched them. They even inspired some other people to make some. There was another turtle with spikes, a big snail, and a Bear Lake Monster.
I wanted to get a picture of all the kids with their names written in the sand. Aparently non of them thought it was very cool, except for Elly. Isn't she a cutie?
Alyssa had her own idea, and wouldn't let me pose her or take more than one shot. I guess she had to get back to playing with the kids.
Mark and Britton buried Ryan in the sand standing up. We all were laughing at Ryan and the gay guys that set up camp right next to us. It was a very entertaining afternoon. 
Ryan and Britton thought that they would share a romantic moment way out in the lake. Mark and I were laughing because we could see their heads way out there and we also could see this surfer guy headed right for them. I couldn't help but use my camera's awesome zoom to snap this pic.
Day 6
We went to the Minnetonka Caves.
The kids thought it was really neat that we were under ground. They all did really well will all the stairs too.
Cole Makai wasn't feeling well. The poor kid had a fever, he didn't even care about the choo choo train rock in the cave.
That night we went to a demolition derby at the Rich County Fair Grounds. It was the funnest Derby we had ever been to.
We were an hour early and were lucky to find a seat in the bleachers. I was wondering why they kept selling tickets, when all the seats were full. Well, its because the people just sit on the mountain side. There was even was a kid in a wheel chair up there. (And at one point he fell out of his chair-poor thing) This is one of those events that pulls all kinds of people out of the wood work. Makes for some great people watching.
Poor Cole still not himself. But feeling a wee bit better after some Tylenol.
We liked this car because it said "Hi Taylors". The kids had fun picking which cars they liked the best and watching them crash. They threw out lots of prizes to the crowd and did lots of fun games between the rounds. The kids got frisbees and Britton got a candy bar. We were laughing that we want to plan next year's vacation around this Derby--It was a blast! Perfect for our last night there.
Day 7
Time to pack up and head home. We stopped in Georgetown on our way home to see Grandma Weaver. She made us some yummy soup and a huckleberry dessert. It is always fun to see Grandma Weaver.
We are happy that Ryan and Britton wanted to share vacations with us. We all had a great time! Too bad more family couldn't have joined us though. Maybe next year.
We spend both days at the beach and playing on the boat. I decided to face my fears and try water skiing. Ryan had a nose plug that he let me use, otherwise I would have drown. They pretty much drug me around the lake for 45 minutes. Mark said that I was up a couple of times, but immediately crashed or the other time I couldn't quite stand up. I guess my legs were too tired and cold. Basically I butt skied. When I crashed that was it. I am not sure if anyone will be able to talk me into trying it again. I am just accepting that I am not a water person. I do better staying on land and making sand sculptures. I really enjoyed sculpting in the sand. I thought a lot about what tools would make the job easier (like a paintbrush to brush off the flaky sand) and imagined mixing in some type of glue so the sculpture could support itself a little better. The next sculpture I made was a frog.
It wasn't quite like I wanted, but the sand around its head kept sloughing off. There wasn't much underneath to support it. This is were I was dreaming of glue.
But 15 minutes later, non of that mattered. You know how little boys love to destroy things!! Which is why I am totally amazed that the sea dragon and turtle sand sculptures that we made on Monday, were still intact by Friday. I couldn't believe no one or the elements had touched them. They even inspired some other people to make some. There was another turtle with spikes, a big snail, and a Bear Lake Monster.
I wanted to get a picture of all the kids with their names written in the sand. Aparently non of them thought it was very cool, except for Elly. Isn't she a cutie?
Alyssa had her own idea, and wouldn't let me pose her or take more than one shot. I guess she had to get back to playing with the kids.
Mark and Britton buried Ryan in the sand standing up. We all were laughing at Ryan and the gay guys that set up camp right next to us. It was a very entertaining afternoon. 
Ryan and Britton thought that they would share a romantic moment way out in the lake. Mark and I were laughing because we could see their heads way out there and we also could see this surfer guy headed right for them. I couldn't help but use my camera's awesome zoom to snap this pic.Day 6
We went to the Minnetonka Caves.
The kids thought it was really neat that we were under ground. They all did really well will all the stairs too.
Cole Makai wasn't feeling well. The poor kid had a fever, he didn't even care about the choo choo train rock in the cave.That night we went to a demolition derby at the Rich County Fair Grounds. It was the funnest Derby we had ever been to.
We were an hour early and were lucky to find a seat in the bleachers. I was wondering why they kept selling tickets, when all the seats were full. Well, its because the people just sit on the mountain side. There was even was a kid in a wheel chair up there. (And at one point he fell out of his chair-poor thing) This is one of those events that pulls all kinds of people out of the wood work. Makes for some great people watching.
Poor Cole still not himself. But feeling a wee bit better after some Tylenol.
We liked this car because it said "Hi Taylors". The kids had fun picking which cars they liked the best and watching them crash. They threw out lots of prizes to the crowd and did lots of fun games between the rounds. The kids got frisbees and Britton got a candy bar. We were laughing that we want to plan next year's vacation around this Derby--It was a blast! Perfect for our last night there.Day 7
Time to pack up and head home. We stopped in Georgetown on our way home to see Grandma Weaver. She made us some yummy soup and a huckleberry dessert. It is always fun to see Grandma Weaver.
We are happy that Ryan and Britton wanted to share vacations with us. We all had a great time! Too bad more family couldn't have joined us though. Maybe next year.
