This is a video of Alec swimming individual backstoke at Championships. He missed 1st by .3 seconds. But, he did better his time by 2.84 seconds...which he was really happy about.
Camp Shelly in Lake Tahoe...it's the best!
Sitting at our campsite around a blazing fire Alec so joyfully built.
It was Steve's birthday while we were camping. I so carefully and secretly packed up ice cream, Ann Harker's famous carmel sauce (which is one thing Steve did ask for his birthday), whip cream, candles, and ingredients to cook apple crisp in the dutch oven for his birthday treat. He was one happy 41 year old.
Amy in front of our very functional family tent. However, it really only sleeps Steve, me, and Amy. The kids love to set up their own tents. It's fine by us...more room in our tent. Only down fall...more tents to put up and take down.
Prusso's always have something up their sleeves...Jeremy put together a mini zip line for the kids...Amy had a blast just zipping down the hill.
Alec had a blast this year because his best buddy Taylor and family came up this year. He usually is the only "older" boy around. The played a lot of ping pong, jumped off the poll many times, when rock jumping, and hiked.
The girls (Lily, Natalie, Kaya, Rachel and Cammi) in their pink camouflage Deharo shirts given to them by Dustin. They were trying to catch crawdads (sp?) to cook and eat at camp. Unfortunately, so many were caught the night before by the boys, there were none left for the girls to catch.
This year the girls found a spot behind the Harwood's camp site and had a blast playing store at "Stump City" with rocks, wood , etc. Oh...how dirty they got.
Alec jumping for the post about 75-100 yards (the actually yardage is still being debated between Steve and Emily) from beach...it's a favorite to do over and over every summer. This year the task of climbing it was difficult...the rungs and rope holes were a little hard to manage. But, as Emily and I decided...it wouldn't be so rewarding to jump off it, if it wasn't a little dangerous to climb up.
Yes...that's me.
Amy loving the beach. Didn't play as much in the water this year. Rachel and her both canoed with dad. Rachel snorkeled for buried crawdads the whole day. 
Alec and Taylor found a large piece of drift wood. They tried to climb on and sit together on it. It never worked.
Last minute I threw in some markers and coloring books for the little ones. Good thing I did because it was a hit with them all. The glitter lip gloss Amy snuck up there was also a hit. What's camping without a little dress up make up?
Rachel's new found love is scootering. This is her on our last morning refusing to get packed up. She loves Camp Shelly.
The annual trip up to Emerald Bay look out before heading home. It is very beautiful...but do we really have to do it every year Steve?
Amy actually looking at the camera.
Annual 4th of July picture
Celebrating the 4th of July with neighbors at the annual block party
Swim meets with Alec
Helping at Swim meets
First sunburn of the summer...ouch Rachel!
Amy's swim lessons with Alex Harker
Rachel's annual trip to Boise to see Grandma and Grandpa Hibler 
I could make a list a mile long of the reasons I am thankful Rachel. Just some of the those reasons are:
Once again Alec celebrated a birthday at Boomers. For a kids that loves that place it's a wonder he only goes once a year. The kids played both 18th hole courses. They played some seriously, but mostly just a bunch of messing around. 
Bumper Boats to cool off. Alec got it the worse from both Devin and Taylor. 
Taylor, Alec and Devin...soaked after the Bumper Boats.
Not sure what the game was called, but it was the bomb for the three boys. They release a ball from above the holes you see in the behind Alec. Depending on the hole the ball lands in you receive either 4 tickets up to the jack pot of 850 +. All the boys did really well. Alec actually go the Jack Pot. To him he won the lottery. It basically bought him a giant glitter bouncey ball and cotton candy. 
After Boomers it was off to the all you can eat pizza buffet at Round Table. Steve, Rachel and Amy meet up with us there.
Home to play around, open presents, and eat cake. However, no one ever eat cake...too full from dinner.
Another master piece from Dad. It was a 3 layer, swirl cake. We actually ate it 2 days later.
Among other presents...Alec got a $50 bill from Grandma and Grandpa Hibler that almost gave him a heart attack. 
Our present to him was a new golf bag and hand me down clubs that Steve re-gripped for him. He was ecstatic! His jr. set he out grew a few years ago...so he was really happy about this.
With the birthday presents from his friends they played Nerf guns for the evening. They ended with watching a "Forever Strong", sleeping on the tramp, and french toast for breakfast.
