Dave and Chesley Reese

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Boating Day with Neilsen Family

My bro Spencer doing a flip on his wakeboard

Spencer tearing it up!

Spencer

Me and my sister Abby

Me and Melissa

Me wakeboarding

Abby

Me, Brad and Abby

YEE-HAW!

Spencer and Amber

Spencer driving the boat

Trick of the day

Setting up for the trick of the day

Spencer, Amber, Brad and Abby on a tube ride

Me and Melissa

Amber

Spencer and Amber...the tube ridin' bullies

Amber and Melissa

Spencer, Abby, Brad and me hanging on for dear life!

Spencer

Me and Abby

My brother Spencer's wife Amberlyn and her family invited us all out for a boating day at the lake. We had so much fun! We all got to wakeboard and ride the tubes. My brother Spencer showed us all how wakeboarding is done with his sweet tricks and mad skills! Abby had never wakeboarded and she got up on her first try and tore it up. Me I just follow the boat, no tricks and nothing special. Just hold on and SMILE!!! We also went for tube rides. They had 2 tubes and we put both out on the water and then 2 people could ride on each tube. I am a bit nervous about riding the tubes cause I have been thrown off a time or two and it does not feel very nice, so I was a little intimidated. Too make my anxiety worse, I had to worry about the tubing wars that were about to take place. Little did I know that holding on was not going to be the hardest part, just staying on was a task in its own. Spencer and Amber and Melissa were jumping from one tube to the other while we are being pulled behind the boat. We played king of the tube and tried to knock the others off and be the last one standing. I just held on for my life and stayed put til I could not hold on any longer, mostly trying to hold on while laughing so hard I was crying. I could not stop laughing! I even got a big carpet burn on my elbow from it rubbing on the tube. By the end of the day we had all had plenty of fun and plenty of sun. We all went home and crashed! Thanks Neilsen family for taking us on an awesome adventure!!!

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Family Outing

Picture Perfect!

Dave out on our walk around the park

Just chillin' on the bridge

Funny face

Gizmo running at full speed

Me doing a balancing act and trying NOT to fall in

Just me!

BRRRRR...that water was cold!

Cheese!

I love you! xxxooo

It was so bloody hot down in the valley that we decided to go up in the mountains to cool off and enjoy the evening and to let our dogs run wild. We went up Provo Canyon and found a beautiful park. We took our favorite dinner...monster mushroom burgers from Carl's Jr. Mmm..Mmm...Mmm...Good! And had a picnic and enjoyed the cool canyon weather. We went for a walk around the park and over to the river. Our dogs were just running out of control, especially Gizmo, that boy cannot be trusted off a leash :-) He has very selective hearing when he is turned loose and by selective I mean none! We all crossed the river and can I just say that water is beyond cold, as you can see from my picture above. We had a very nice relaxing evening and look forward to another adventure.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Henry's Lake Vacation 2009

The Reese's live here!

The Reese Cabin on Henry's Lake

Reese's Relaxin'...it's true!

It was that time of year again that both me and Dave wait patiently to come around...time to go to the cabin! Dave's parents own an incredibly beautiful cabin right on Henry's Lake in Idaho and every summer we get to go relax in the mountains. We got all packed and hit the road and as exciting as it was to go we had a hard time leaving our boys behind. Only spoiled rotten Annie got to go with us this time. We got to do so many wonderful things and see so many wonderful things. The cabin is a place of peace where you can forget your worries and clear your mind. My favorite part of our trips to the cabin is going into West Yellowstone but for us who have been there even at least once it is just West. West is this amazing little town right at the west entrance to Yellowstone. They have all kinds of stores to shop and restaurants and the Playmill. My favorite store of all is this book store called The Book Peddler and I spent hours in there and came out with many treasures. We ate a our favorite restaurant called Pete's Pizza and also got to go see the play Footloose at the Playmill. My father-in-law has a boat there and Dave and I and Annie went for a boat ride and got caught in a rain storm but it was so fun. For those that know me, know that I love to play cards with my mother-in-law. We play a game called Hand & Foot and when she lives down here in the winter time we play together once a week never fail. She has a group of ladies that she plays cards with at the cabin 3 times a week and they have a blast! So I went to card day with her once to another lady's home and then she hosted on the second day we played. It is so much fun and I really enjoy her company and also her adorable friends. We had our own games through the week as well. Dave taught me how to carve wood also and we made walking sticks. Before we started Dave said, "Now be careful with the knife, its sharp and I don't want you to cut yourself!" Not more than an hour later I had sure enough cut my finger. I guess I didn't listen and should have cause the knife was sharp indeed! I love the cabin for many reasons, the beautiful scenery, the fresh air, the stars and sky that go on forever but most I love spending time with my sweet husband and my 2nd set of parents. I love their company and their hospitality that they have shown me in their home.