Bass Lake 2009

We love Bass Lake and I'm pretty sure we practically lived down there this last summer. Here's just a few fun pictures from various trips down to the lake....
Mackenzee became more brave every time we went down there. By the end of the summer she was going out to the deepest part of the kid section {where she couldn't reach} so that she could "practice" her swimming.

Maggie and Mackenzee enjoying a canoe ride.

Me and Montay taking Riley out for his turn in the canoe. Look at that water!!! It's like a mirror!

Yeah....the two toddlers had fun together...for the most part. :0)

Landon and Genea out on the dock. Landon passed the mommy swim test this year and so he didn't have to wear a life jacket out to the dock. He loved it!

Papa, Alina, Greta, and Riley coming back from a canoe ride.

Papa always brought his fishing poles and would spend hours helping the kids catch and release fish. It was busy work...the fish at Bass Lake are ALWAYS biting. Seriously, all you have to do is drop the line into the water and the fish come swimming. Two seconds later you will have a fish on the line. The kids think it is so awesome.

Holly and the kids getting ready to swim out to the dock.

Baby Olivia even got in the water. SO cute!

We can't wait until next summer so we can go and play some more.

Still got it!

My sister-in-law, Holly, and her kids came to visit us this summer and we had so much fun. We took them down to Bass Lake for a little swimming and I got both Holly and Crystal to have a cannonball contest with me.
Here we are getting ready for the big jump...you can see how excited Crystal was. :0)

One, Two, Three....ready....GO!

Who says moms don't know how to have fun???

(August 2009)

The Buxton's came!

Wade, Jodie, Rachel, Aubrey, and even Buster {their dog} came up from California for a short visit and we were so excited that they were able to make it! We don't get to see them too often because they live so far away so it was nice to have them here. We played for days with them and Mackenzee and Buster got to get reacquainted. :0) We all took a trip over to Hop 2 It, which is a ginormous bounce house. Ok, so it is a building that has a bunch of different inflatable bounce houses/slides/obstacle courses. I forgot my camera {dang me! Jodie...don't forget to send your copies my way!} and so I have no proof of the craziness that went on there. But, we did have a good time.

Everyone had so much fun hanging out and spending time together. I learned that the fish at Bass Lake are always biting.....as long as you are always offering them hot dogs. Crazy, huh?

After our swimming adventures we all went to Breanna and Hayley's softball game out in Jerome. Breanna is #4 and Hayley is #11. Both girls did great!

Bass Lake

We went for our first official outing down to Bass Lake this last month. My nephew, Talon, was down visiting and so we took him along with some friends to go play in the water and have a picnic.
Cole

Mackenzee and Maggie

Jaysen even came down to the lake to have lunch with us after playing a "strenuous" round of golf. :0)

Rhett tried out some flippers and found they were a bit harder to walk in than he first thought...

Mackenzee changed her mind once we reached the top of the slide...So we had to climb back down.

Sadie double fisting it with the juice boxes......

Landon trying to get Brayden to enjoy the water.....

Talon coming off the slide....

We had so much fun enjoying the cold lake on such a hot day. We love spending time down there throughout the summer enjoying the relaxing atmosphere. The scenery is just gorgeous and it's so nice and quiet down there.

Last Hurrah of the Summer

The last time we went to Bass Lake, I was the only girl to get IN the water. Sure, some of the gals got in up to their knees...but that doesn't count in my book. :0)

My friend Montay even told me that she was going to come and do a cannon ball with me off the dock, but alas....she did not. I told her she was bluffing. She said she really intended to come in....so I called her bluff. I told her to prove it. :0) Aren't I a stinker?

So, I told her that the next day that her hubby, Rob, had off we were ALL going down to Bass Lake for a little dip in the water. NO chickening out this time. We went down last Friday {August 24th}. Wanna know if she did it? Keep reading.....
This is why it's called Bass Lake...I think. No matter...there are fishies in this here water. Landon asked me how the fish knew not to come into the swimming area they have roped off down there. :0) I asked him why he would think that there were no fish in the swimming area and he looked at me with a look of shock as he realized there WERE fish swimming WITH him. :0) Good times....
All those in attendance came suited up to get wet. Even little Sadie was in her adorable little bathing suit. She LOVED the water too. She sat, and then walked through the water and thought it was so great. The other little girls had a great time digging in the sand and splashing around on the shore. The boys {including Jaysen and Rob} swam out to the dock, but Rhett was content to stay with the little girls. Such a handsome kid!
Here are Rob, Cole, Jaysen, and Landon jumping off the dock together. Love this shot! :0)

Landon was dying for me to get a shot of him jumping into the water, and when I said yes, he really made an effort to look good for the camera. Isn't it a fun shot?
Rob took his boys out for a canoe ride as well. It is so pretty down there, I really have enjoyed the time we've been able to spend down there.

And now...for what you've all been waiting for.....{drumroll please}

She did it! Kudos to Montay for proving me wrong. :0) This shot is too funny....we are both mid-inhale and have the faces to show it.
Montay, I cropped this picture just for you. Because I love you. :0) But seriously...don't I have great cannonball form?

Any of you that are wishing to out splash me....bring it on. :0)

Thanks for a fun night at the lake Dixon's! This was probably the last time we'll make it out there this year as school starts tomorrow and the lake closes down next weekend. :0( Off to the next phase of the year. It's kind of sad to say goodbye to summer, but I'm ready for school to start and for the routine of the school year. It doesn't mean that it has to start getting cold though......

Bass Lake Barbecue

Friday was Jaysen's last day of his "vacation" time. So, we decided to invite some friends down to Bass Lake to have a bbq and swim. Unfortunately, this is what it looked like when we got there....
I realize the sky looks blue....but there were MUCHO clouds and it was raining with thunder and lightning. So, much to our frustration, we were not allowed to get in the water.Kenzee took that opportunity to convince Ian to slip her a chocolate chip cookie behind the Momma's back. Shame Ian!

See the raindrops on the water? The kids were going crazy because they weren't allowed to even get NEAR the water. If they got any closer than Maggie is in this picture, they yelled at them. Sigh.So, Jaysen lighted up the barbecue and got the burgers, dogs, and ribs cooking. There was a patch of blue sky headed our way, so we hoped that by the time we finished eating it would have cleared up enough for them to let us in the water.
So, with the babies chilling... {pictured are Tatem and Sadie...we are minus miss Sophie in this picture}
And the grown ups chatting...

the kids decided to make the most of it and build sand castles while they waited. {from left to right...Kenzee, Cole, Abby, Landon, Maggie, and Rhett}

Just as soon as we were done eating, the Gods smiled upon us and LOOK! Blue skies! This is the Perrine Bridge for those of you unfamiliar with Twin Falls. This is the view we get of the bridge from down in the canyon. Pretty isn't it?
So, we took to the water....some stayed ashore....the rest of us swam out to the dock for a few cannonballs.
Sadly, not long after the skies cleared....the clouds came back along with more lightning. So, our time in the water was over... :0(
We were hoping it would clear up again, so to pass the time we played a bit of volleyball. It was boys against the girls. The boys team {as pictured} consisted of Cole, Rhett, and Landon.

The girls team included myself, Montay, and the little girls Kenzee, Abby and Maggie {in the boy team picture}. Since we didn't keep score, I don't know who won. I don't know that many points were actually scored, though in the picture above Montay totally scored on the boys. It was wicked awesome...... :0)

The skies never cleared up for us, so we decided it was time to call it a night. It was such a nice evening though. We can't wait to do it again!