Second generation of Bass Lake kids!
The Kollen Kids
Dinner Time
Me and my BFF, Bennett
The Ice Cream Crew
The Crockett Clan
The Kollen Girls(notice muffy is there because she would'nt leave her mommy's side all week)
Usually you come back from vacations nice and relaxed, tan, a few books read, and ready to start fresh! Well, I'm ready for a week worth of sleep!
Bass Lake has come and gone and what a fun trip it was. Gone are the days where we would just sit on the dock talking/gossiping, lay out, read a book, slept in till God woke us or it was just too hot to sleep, sit in the house all day and watch TV, eat Que Bueno from the crock pot (a Bass Lake essential!), or take the boat out for a swim at the damn and not worry when we had to be back. Our days now consist of waking up at 6am because the kids don't know the meaning of sleep, making sure they are all feed before us, getting their swim suits on, lathering them up with sunscreen, getting them all on the boat, forcing them to ski or go on the tube all why they are kicking and screaming at the top of their lungs!
Some highlights of the trip included:
* Most of the kids learning to ski, especially Baby Kate. I mean seriously, I don't think her mom or her dad ever played a sport in their life and she was screaming to get in the water and try. She may have been dragged across the lake crying most of the time, but she still tried. That's more than we can say for Muffy and Lauren whose parents are college All Americans!! Muffy would cry at the sight of the water. I think she only got in the water once the entire week.
* Ice Cream trips to the Pines for the kids that tried to ski.
* Kate spending the majority of her time caged in her pack n play.
* Lauren always saying she's ski tomorrow, but when tomorrow came she would say, "I ski tomorrow"!
* Poppy trying to take 4 kids out on the kayak and without even getting past the dock, having it tip!
* Getting back from a trip around the lake and all the kids wanting to go back out again!
Bass Lake 2008 was a great trip and we made lots of memories! The kids had a great time and for the most part were very well behaved. Here are a few pictures of everyone!
Poppy trying to kayak...he's got 5 people in a 3 seater
Yeah, we knew they wouldn't make it too far!
15 Shoutouts!:
I just noticed in that picture of poppy and the kids tipped over in the water - where's Jillian?
OMGOSH, it looks like you guys had a blast. Glad to hear that you all had a great time.
upload those pics to costco. yours of all the kids is way better than mine
miss you
xoxo
If you want to relax maybe you should put out for William. I heard is helps in the delivery process :)
Love the pictures!! Looks like you guys had a blast!! I noticed the same thing though....where is the 5th person in the tipped over picture! Lol!! We missed you guys and your funny posts, glad to have you back :)
For all wondering with Jillian was...she was so scared that she swam so fast to the dock and got out before we could even get there to take a pic.
Your blog is too much fun to read! Yes, gone are the relaxing vacation days for a few years yet they are so fun, in a new way! Hope you are able to get some rest now that you are home! :-)
Welcome back! Looks like you had a great time and you're right - vacations will NEVER be the same!
You crack me up...so true about vacationing with kids- no more relaxing!
How fun! You looked like you had a great time!
Paige, I feel for you...You are so brave to vacation with so many kids that aren't even yours... can I tell you it gets more stressful when you actually bring one with you...next year!!
Looks like fun!!!!
This proves Courtney exists and is just totally flaking on her blog. (You got me & Gaby into this Courtney - now man up and get back on line before the girls are 30!)
Just imagine next year! LOL! Cute pics!
Glad to have you back Paige! Bass Lake looks like so much fun, or maybe it's just your family :) All the kids are so cute...can't believe they do so well in the water!
Cutest picture of the second generation girls in their bathing suits! And we have been going to Bass Lake for 35 years with my dad's side of the fam! LOVE Ice Cream at the Pines... fun memories!!!
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