Day at the Lake

Yesterday we had a family reunion at Rockport Reservoir. We had family here from Idaho and New York. The weather was perfect. There was a slight breeze which made it kind of hard to paddle if you got out too far from shore. But it was sunny up to the end and then it threatened to rain. We brought up lunch and of course mingled. My cousins all have kids since they are a bit older than my siblings and I and so we have fun with our little second cousins. I played in the mud which sounds kiddish but it was fun. It reminded me of the beach and the little ones tried to make mud castles which didn't work too well but it was fun trying. It was cute to see their faces light up when you got a big scoop of mud and then dropped it from higher and it would splat everywhere. We brought up paddle boards and kayaks. I'd never been on a paddle board before. My uncle got me out there and my legs were super shaky. He made it look so easy. But he was kind and encouraging and I made it. It was a running joke that when he first sent me out there I almost got as far as the buoy and the wind kicked up and I about fell over. So the tease was that he sent me out to my death. It was fun. We also saw the Tour De Utah bike race go past us. I wish I would have gotten a picture of them.

Yep, that's my uncle behind me photobombing