Weekend in Lake Havasu

CK, Reese and I headed down to Lake Havasu, Arizona this weekend to visit the Matthews family (Craig's sister and her family). Sue and Larry just bought a house in Havasu and are now officially snowbirds. They'll be returning to Malta this week so we figured we'd better get down there and see them before they left for the summer. Their three kids were also visiting for the weekend and to celebrate Lyndon's 21st birthday. So we took off mid-day Thursday and drove through Las Vegas and the Hoover Dam (see below) on our way to Arizona. Reese got to meet two of her second cousins, J.J. (4) and Ava (14 months). Ava referred to Reese as "bay-bay" the whole weekend. I'm sure she can't wait until Reese can run around so the two can get into all kinds of trouble together :)
Here was our Friday night poker game which CK managed to win but only afte he lost out and started playing for Laura. Does that really count? From L to R: CK, Sue, Lyndon, LD, Josh (holding Ava) and J.J. in the foreground.

We enjoyed the 70-80 degree temperatures (a nice change from Provo) and took Reese swimming for the first time. As you can see, she loved it.

Laura and Ava with Lyndon in the background hydrating while trying to recover from his 21st birthday the night before :)

CK and Reese with Sue and Ava

And Reese with her new favorite toy. Not it's not some fancy, expensive educational one. It's Daddy's shoelaces!