Lake Shasta Houseboat Trip 2009- The Pictures tell the story!

Celebrating great Grandpa's Birthday

Extreme Tubing

Got a Little Banged up

Only 1 1/2 year later after Colon Cancer- never thought to do anything again. Poster Child! Go Mary!!!

I made these for everyone on the Houseboat, and they loved them!

Perfect weather the whole week!

Having breakfast

My sister and her boyfriend having a blast!

My beautiful sister and me!

My brother made a huge bon fire on the hillside and we made Chubbies!

My little brother is amazing on the wakeboard

That one hurt, ouch!

Believe it or not, I wake board too! It's been 3 years and I just popped up, it was like riding a bike. It was so fun for me to show off in front of my brothers and husband who thought I wouldn't be able to get up, let alone get air! Loved it!

Heading back to the marina after a week long trip on the Houseboat!

Miss you Lake Shasta, till next year!

This is our Beach

Testing the water

She decided this place was pretty cool!
With her Auntie Ann

Enjoying playing in the sand

So one thing I miss from living in Orange County is the Beach! It's funny how you miss things when they are not around. But when I lived their, I took it for granted, and just went occasionally. So up here in the mountains it's a little different! So I've been living here for just about 3 months and am finally finding more and more things to do that I just didn't know about. There is a Swim Beach at the lake and it's considered the "Beach." So we went the other day to check it out and it was SO cool. I wish I started going at the beginning of the summer. There are so many things for kids to do. First of all they have Lifeguards on duty at all times, so it makes you feel safe. (I was a lifeguard too for about 9 years, so I feel a connection :) They make everyone swim a test to make sure they are safe and everyone has to wear a life jacket in the "Deepend." They have a huge water slide in the middle of the lake and a bouncer. The kids were having a blast!. There is grass, food, drinks, volleyball courts, toys for the kids to play with in the sand. It was kept up very nice, meaning the bathrooms!

As you can tell I really enjoyed it and can't wait for more fun days at the swim beach. Here are a few photos of our 1st day at the "Beach."