Blood, Sweat, & Tears

Hmm, where to start? Bryan and I spent last weekend with my family camping at Cultus Lake. My parents and younger siblings are there for two weeks, and we went up for a little taste of camping. I miss going for two weeks! Darn adulthood! Anyway, we decided to hike to our campsite, which is on the far side of the lake that you can't drive to. We generally take everything and everyone over in the boat. Quite a process! So anyway, this hike should take about an hour with packs on. Well, Bryan and I are both very directionally challenged, although I'm not blaming anything on him because he had never been there before! My best friend Raechel and I hiked last year (from the other direction, where we were camped with her aunt and uncle), and for some reason I remembered walking right through our campsite on the main trail. This turned out to NOT be the case! Long story short, we spent four hours hiking about seven miles in 90 degree heat (being eaten alive by mosquitos and ditching our packs about 3/4 of the way through!) until we finally found it; but not before I cried--twice! I was so frustrated but, bless Bryan's little heart, he never got angry at me for being so stupid! Needless to say, we were very relieved when we finally got to my family!

Bryan & I pretending to look happy mid-hike

Aside from being extremely sore from our super-hike, the rest of the weekend was fantastic! We did a lot of wakeboarding, swimming, sunbathing, reading, sandcastle building, eating, and relaxing! The recipe for a good weekend. =) I'm really sad thtat I could only go for one weekend, it's the least amount of time I've ever gone during a summer! I guess it just makes me that much more excited for next year!

Bryan wakeboarding!


Hangin' out


Bryan's sand castle


Bryan, Emma, & Jonny playing on the beach


Beautiful lake!


Love!

This weekend, Bryan and I are headed to Seattle to hang out in the city and see the Indians, Bryan's favorite baseball team, play the Mariners! I bought these tickets for him for his birthday in May (and I actually bought them months before that), so I'm excited that the game is finally here! We're going to have a lot of fun!!