Family Reunion in Waterton

We just got back from the Bi-Anual Smith Family Reunion and had a blast!!! Here we are after church at Cameron Lake. It was a beautiful day.

Ashlyn was not happy when we finally had to return home. The highlight of course was playing with all the cousins with being in the tube with mom when she did a full backwards flip off the back after hitting some more giant waves provided by Aaron!! Thanks Aaron! LOL No pic of that thankgoodness! There was lots of food, fun cousins, bonfires, water, hiking and more.

We started out meeting everyone at Waterton Dam and the day was amazing. The water was great and not even that cold. We had a little shower and threatening clouds but they took pitty on us and stayed away so we could keep playing. Ashlyn, Brandon, Jace and I went out on Uncle Aarons boat and Ashlyn proved she definitely has no fear of water and would live in it like a fish if she could. The boys enjoyed the ride but preferred the boat to the water. Ashlyn wanted to go on the tube so it was Alissa (leif's new wife, Ashlyn and me). Considering Ashlyn is still only 6 (ok almost 7) I thought it would be a fairly calm ride. Uncle Aaron though apparently cannot have someone finish a ride and everyone still be intact. LOL Soon we were no longer traveling on straight courses but making many circles and although the water was calm the waves would suddenly get much bigger as we caught air quite a few time. Thinking Ashlyn might be a little scared of this I checked on her only to find she had no problem and talked non-stop to Alissa the entire ride only to pause for a second when we hit the big waves. LOL Allas though everyone thought we had beein on too long and the inensity picked up (more on my side though). I was almost bucked out a couple times and then I saw the bigg one and told Ashlyn to hang on just before my feet flew up in the air and I performed, I believe, a very graceful backflip landing feet first in the water. Trevor got his fill with Uncle Orvil on the boggie board doing 360's from what I heard. All in all we had a blast and want a boat!!! (5 year plan maybe)