The Smith Family Blog: August 2008

Sandon and Laura's wedding was this last weekend. Mom, Dad, Paula and her family and my family rented a nice cabin at Lake Arrowhead. This cabin was three stories with two decks and plenty of room for three families. Matt and Kaycee started school on Wednesday and we rented the cabin from Wednesday to Sunday. So I had to make a sacrifice and go to the cabin by myself (without the kids) for Wednesday and Thursday. What on earth could I do for two whole days without the kids and hubby :) I had a great time with Mom and Dad and Paula and her family, but I did manage to finish 1 book and start another before my family came up on Friday. On Thursday Terri held a picnic for everyone that was there early for the wedding. Sorry the pictures are not in any particular order (I still haven't got this blog thing down).

Mom and Dad at the picnic

Paula and Jenna

Dad BBQing

Grandma and Grandpa with the girls

Throwing the bouquet

The Garter Belt

I had to get this picture...Matt would not dance with me, but Grandma was able to pull him on the dance floor for one dance!!!

Mom and Me at the picnic

The Bride and Groom

Mom and Dad

The Smith's

The Elliott's

The crazy sisters with Mom

On Tuesday we packed up the car, (boy did we miss the truck) and headed to Kernville and Lake Isabella. (Jim's brother and his wife live there) We go every year and the kids can't wait to go. Jim and his family used to live there many years ago. So we have to endure all the old stories that Jim tells when we get into town. But the kids don't seem to mind. We usually stay at this lodge that is up river, but we didn't make reservations in time. So we settled for another lodge. This one was a little more rustic!?!. The maintenance man stayed in the room next to us,( he was a little shadey looking) needless to say Kaycee and Matt were never out of our sight. We still seemed to enjoy ourselves. Matt couldn't wait to get out on the river and fish for trout. One night we had to drag him in, it was so dark he couldn't even see!!! He also managed to get up at 6:oo a.m. every morning to hit the river! So much for my sleeping in on my vacation!!!

Jim, Kaycee and Matt (way in the back) fishing

Matt Fishing (I'm not a great pphotograper!)

Wednesday Jim's brother and wife had the day off so they took us out on their boat for some fun fishing and swimming.

Jim's brother and his wife, Noble and Pam

Matt fishing

Matt's first bass he ever caught.

The first trout caught!!

On Thursday we decided to go up river and find a nice quiet place to swim, fish and just relax.

Here I am getting sunburned!!

Matt thought he could catch trout with a net instead of a fishing pole. Unfortunately this didn't work real well!!

One of Jim's many trout he caught

Matt and Kaycee floating on the Kern

Beautiful Kaycee

Jim and I in the park

Jim, Matt and Kaycee

On Friday we rented a pontoon boat and went fishing and swimming. The lake looks green because in the heat the the bacteria comes up from the bottom. I was told that the lake was "turning over" I'm not sure that I believe that or not, but we all went swimming and nobody got sick. We all caught fish. The kids got a kick out of driving the boat (even though they weren't old enough. You know the Smith's break all the rules). After fishing we went to the park where the river runs by and I snoozed under the trees while the kids river rafted. (under Jim's watchful eye)