So, this past July we spent a few days on a houseboat on Lake Shasta. I just ran into the pictures again, and thought they were worth sharing. This is the houseboat. It was big, and nice, and you could run the AC during the day (a life-saver because there were record highs that whole week in CA). Needless to say we spent a lot of time in the water.
Here is Kyra who learned to swim with a lifejacket, all by herself, thanks to the patience and caring of her daddy. They were best buds all week long. 
Here is Grandma Jill and Kyra on the boat.
And here they are practicing the thumbs up sign (meaning of course ... go faster).And then we get to Kyra's favorite part of Lake Shasta... tubing.
Kyra and Daddy once again. She was perfectly calm and very comfortable being towed behind the boat. 
This picture of her with her thumb straight up in the air is priceless, and oh so accurate. She wanted to go FASTER on EVERYTHING. Faster swimming in the water, faster on the boat, and especially faster on the tube. 
This picture is of Kyra going quite fast enough.
This is what happens when Kyra didn't get to go as fast as she wanted. She just laid her head down on the tube, and acted bored. You gotta love the drama. 
