Hayden Lake

My brother Chris just moved to a great new place right on Hayden Lake.  

We like to call this our new vacation home!  Lucky us!

It's got a great place to ride bikes out back.

A fire pit for roasting marshmallows or other fun treats.

A private beach that is perfect for playing sharks and minnows.  (I love that Jared entertained all these kids for over an hour... he's such a fun dad/uncle.)

And if you are too lazy to walk all the way to the beach, you could take the Go-Kart of golf cart - Why not.  It's more fun!

Of course Emma was thrilled with the dogs to play with all weekend, the chicken coup was entertaining too.

And all that grass to play in and woods to explore.

As if this all isn't enough, there is a tree house up in the trees that you can hop on a zip line from and sail across the backyard.  

We all tried it several times.  
The boys slept out in the tree house two nights and loved every minute of it.

 Jared and Braden went out and caught fish together, right off the dock.  They had a surprise visitor.

Jared and Chris went out another morning and caught 4 species of fish on an inflatable canoe in the bay.  From what I hear it was pretty amazing!

We had a great time swimming in the lake, boating, and relaxing in the outdoor hot tub.  

All of that was great, but the real reason for our visit was for this little guy.

On Saturday Gavin was baptized!
He was the only one in his ward to be baptized so he got to plan his own program.  He asked Linsey to speak about baptism and she did a great job, it was extra special.

 On the way out, we had to stop at Cafe Rio - it was the perfect ending to a perfect weekend.

I sure love my brother.

Thanks Chris for being so cool and for hooking us up with a great new place to vacation!