pk babycheeks: knee deep in the water somewhere...

what an adventure we had last weekend! phelan is becoming quite the little traveler. kathie was nice enough to invite us on her trip to lake havasu. she went friday through wednesday, while parker, phelan and i joined her just for the weekend.

we had a suite, which was more like a 1 bedroom, that worked out great! one great thing about the trip (i thought) was the distance from home. it was a 4 hour drive. it was really nice to have our own car, carseat, etc. we didn't bring the pack and play, but the resort had one that we borrowed. we should have thought of that the first night... we tried to make phelan a bed on the floor, but she scoots around now and kept bonking her head on the wall or scooting until she was halfway under the bed. not much sleep that night.

saturday morning phelan was up and at 'em, ready to explore, so we went for a walk. the lake was beautiful with the sun coming up.

fact #1 that i did not know about lake havasu -- they have the real london bridge! to learn more, go here: http://www.golakehavasu.com/activities/more_to_do/london_bridge.aspx

it was pretty cool!

we went on a sunset boat tour saturday night -- definitely the highlight of the trip. i should have taken a picture of the boat (named "serenity now"). captain kenny designed it himself. there were 6 seats, with theater seating, so that everyone had a good view. the seats were comfy and they rotated. kathie and i sat in the last row, while parker and phelan got to be co-captains! they sat by kenny and his first mate, janene.

phelan loved it and watched kenny talk to the whole time! parker liked his seat because he got to ask kenny and janene all kinds of questions about the lake, the river, the boat, etc.

we started out of the english village, toward the lake, through the "party alley." this was not a busy time of year, but we heard from the locals that this area gets pretty crazy! thousands and thousands of people! our ride was very chill though!

once we got out onto the lake, the views were endless. it was absolutely beautiful.

(cupcake mountain, for kaci and jen!) this made phelan hungry, so she had a snack...

we saw some beautiful scenery...

some wildlife...

and a gorgeous sunset...

it was a great experience. a few more of my favorite pictures :

we highly recommend captain kenny's tour if you visit lake havasu. http://sunsethavasuboattours.com/index.htm

our sunset tour got parker itching for some more boat time, so we decided to rent a boat for a few hours on sunday. there was a minor glitch involving some sea grass and the water valve on the boat... it was nice to be out on the water though! after that we went back to the hotel to swim. the water at home has been too cold, so phelan had been missing her swimming lessons! she picked up right where she left off and LOVED it!