Winter Games 2012

We traveled north to Okoboji for their Annual Okoboji Winter games. This is just the second time we've attended and it was a fun time! :) We went two years ago for the first time and that particular winter was freaking COLD! We are (much to our delight!) enjoying a very mild winter here in Iowa, the only down fall to this is not as much ice and snow on the lake. Which meant, many of the winter game events had to be moved off the ice. We still played a lot on the lake and the weather was very pleasant, in the high 20's/low 30's with not too much wind.

Vada sitting in a box, wearing a paper crown.....pretty much looks like something her mama would of been doing at the same age! Porter and his buddy, Eric. Eric and his family joined us for the winter games this year and brought along their 3 snowmobiles which we all enjoyed!

Mike on West Lake Okoboji.

Walking out on the lake is always fun!

The frozen lake

Me, behind the wheel of a snowmobile for the first time, and Hannah was brave enough to ride with me! :)

Porter and Eric

Stella taking a snowmobile for a ride. The kids loved having a kids sized snowmobile! I didn't get a pic of Porter driving, but he loved it as well!

My little man

My sweat pea

5 of the 6 Watson grandchildren: Porter, Stella, Vada, Hannah and Haydn. Maybe Isla will be in attendance next year!! :)
Vada had spent the week in Iowa (she hails from Raleigh, NC) and spent the night with us last week. The kids had a great time playing with her.

Ready for bed time! Surprisingly, they all slept the entire night together in Stella's room.

Vada has a "thing" about her "bee-bo" (belly button) and love to poke/play with it while sucking her thumb. Anna even had to cut a slit into her pj's in order for Vada to access her belly button. Here she is showing me the bee-bo access! LOL!

Giving Porter some love.

The next morning before school (I did comb P's hair after this photo!!).