River and Visitors

We love living next to the Snake and Columbia River.  Kyle has a thing with  jet skis.  Just drive by our house and you'll know what I mean.  Some friends took us out on the Snake River this year with their boat so that's where some of these pictures came from.  We took the jet skis out once on the Snake and then a few times on the Columbia.  I much prefer the Snake River because it's calmer, less crowded, and much warmer.  For a few weeks Kyle and some friends would get up at 5:15 and take their stand up jet skis out before work.  Not the thing for me, but they loved it.

 Kyle's Mom and Sister and her family came to visit us last week for Labor Day and we had the best time.  It was also Grammy's birthday, so were celebrated with a day at the river and ice cream cake.  I love getting together as a big group, but it's nice to have individual time with siblings and cousins.  Michael and Preston love their Mahuika cousins, and we're glad we live close enough where we can visit each other.

 This picture is hilarious to me.