LHC, Part 2

I thought I would finish up our trip to Lake Havasu City in this post, but we took A LOT of pictures, so I may have to do one more post after this. So, like I said in this post we had a pretty low-key week spending as much time outside near the water as we could, but we loved every minute. So, I'll mostly just let the pictures speak for themselves.

A photo shoot with the girls never turns out the way I envision it in my head. Oh well, they had fun!

On Wednesday, we rented a pontoon boat for the afternoon. We packed a late lunch / early dinner and set off on the lake. This was Harper's first time in a life vest and she wasn't sure what to think. 

O Captain, my Captain...

We scheduled our trip for the afternoon, so it would be nice and warm. This was also right in the middle of Carys's nap time, so we knew she might be a little tired. Although we certainly didn't expect her to fall asleep less than 10 minutes after leaving the dock!

As soon as we stopped though, she was up and ready to explore. Her favorite thing to do is stand on the beach and throw rocks into the water. She could do this ALL day!

Her rock throwing attracted a few visitors, of course they were hoping for more than just rocks.

Harper loved watching the water. 

She was perfectly happy doing that until Grandma dipped her toes in the chilly water. She was not loving that! And for the record, this was Dad's idea, not Grandma's.

  

We had so much fun on the boat. It was a beautiful afternoon and Carys was hilarious. After we stopped to grill our hot dogs, we cruised up and down the channel. There were a lot of Spring breakers hanging out, blasting music from their boats and Carys was dancing and waving to everyone on our way through. She heard a Taylor Swift song and got really excited saying, "We have this song at our house!"

So, I'll wrap up with this funny video of our sweet girl busting a move!

Happy Weekend!

Lake Havasu City

At the end of March, we decided to brave an almost 4 hour flight + a 2 1/2 hour drive with both of the girls to head out to Lake Havasu City, AZ to visit Scott's parents. We were a little nervous about the flight, but thankfully the girls did pretty well. It was a lot of work to keep them entertained, but we didn't have any major meltdowns on the way, so I would consider that a success. 

Checking email on the plane!

The weather was beautiful the week we were there and we didn't have a lot on the agenda, so we just spent as much time as possible at the parks and near the water.

We took Carys on her first hike and she loved it. We explained we would be walking "off-road" and since Daddy usually takes her "off-road" on their bike rides, she knew just what this meant.

Harper obviously didn't mind coming along. She snoozed most of the time. 

The trail lead to a cactus garden and Carys had fun looking at all the different types. She called this big guy a bunny cactus because "look, it has ears just like a bunny!" Smart girl.

And then we found some actual bunny cactus-es? or cacti, or whatever.

And this little guy was fun to watch.

Carys did great walking with us, but right around the last 1/4 mile she got a little tired. So I carried her for awhile and then Grandma took a turn.

After our hike, we had a picnic on Windsor Beach. It was a beautiful spot. And I love this picture of her walking with Grandpa. These two are great buddies!

Harper got to spend a lot more quality time with Dad on this trip and she did not mind this one bit!

After heading home for afternoon naps, we took another walk along the river and stopped to get some ice cream. Harper was always so happy to be outside checking everything out, she was just an angel the whole trip.

Making a wish!

Chilling back home on the patio.

Love my sweet girl.

Of course, we took a lot more pictures, so I'll post the rest from our trip soon!

Happy Friday!