Bree and Micah gave their dad a retirement trip a few months ago. The original idea was a biking tour, but after a few adjustments, we ended up heading out to Tim’s stomping grounds — The Colorado River. Their family spent their summers at “the river”, and everyone was excited to take a walk down memory lane. It ended up being really fun. I was initially worried about the kids being so close to the water. But after a fall in the water on the first day, Scout was overly cautious — and Icka just wasn’t interested — thank goodness! The weather was 106 - 111 degrees, but there was a breeze the entire time that made our days pretty comfortable. Minus my stomach flu that appeared on the second day, everything was great.
Here is a little dock time.
These two are really turning out to be best friends — which could not make me more proud.
Here was the set up. The best part — all of the toys were only feet from the air-conditioned house.
Here is Ickity trying to get out to the action. Notice the sunscreen she has a hold of….it became a way of life out there.
While I was taking pictures, Scout said for me to take one of him. Here he is posing for the camera. I am not sure what the pose is, but I am sure that there is a little “Micah” oozing from him in this shot.
Scout got a few shots at driving the boat, and loved it. He kept taking us in circles and thought it was the funniest thing.
Despite the wind, we had calm water in the morning — perfect for skiing.
Ickity was not too excited about her life vest.
But a Badenoch’s grilled cheese helped the mood.
One afternoon, Scout came running in and screaming, “Mom — Mom — Daisy and Donald are HERE!” Scout thought our ducks from home came all the way out to the river to be with us on vacation. How freaking cute! So just like home, we had to feed them. A few hours later, there was a duck family with three little ones, and Scout was so excited that D + D finally had their babies. (BKaNayNay didn’t see the ducks at home for a few days, so they told Scout that they were at their nest having babies. Apparently so.)
Scout and Micah are just hanging out on the back of the boat. More than likely, Micah is trying to convince him to jump in. More than likely, Scout didn’t.
But he did jump in one morning to go wake-boarding. They used an unconventional method where Scout bear hugged Micah while they went. Doesn’t really matter how they went, because Scout tells everyone he wake boarded, and the reaction he gets makes him so proud.
This girl kills me. She is just Icka. There isn’t another word that describes her as well.
Three generations “chillaxing”. Or trying to anyway.
Scout was hesitant to get on the tube, but mid ride he held up his hands and said, “look…I can go with no hands!” Apparently his comfort level shot up, and he ended up really liking it.
Our kids were wiped at the end of each day. Scout was tucked in the covers between Micah and me, and Ickity was in a crib in the bathroom. I still couldn’t tell you why she was up the entire first night, but with a little night-time cold medicine the next three days, she slept like a log. (Yes, I know cold medicine for infants is a no-no. Carruthy gave me permission! And YES — she did have a cold.)
Ickity Dickity Dock had a great time.
And so did this handsome fellow.
Speaking of handsome – I am obsessed with his new 50 freckles.
I was always scared of a “freckled Asian”, but this combo is to die for!
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