Monday, July 25, 2011
Boating
We spent Friday afternoon boating with the kids. At the first of the summer, we had big plans to take our boat out eight or ten times this year. So far, we have only gone twice. Life is busy! In spite of the gnats, a dead battery, a bit of choppy water, and a fairly grumpy mom, we had a good time. Elise was brave and tried skiing. She got up on her first try, but only lasted about 30 seconds. Luckily Nate managed to snap one picture in that time because after falling she wasn’t too keen about trying again. Everyone but Abby took a turn skiing and Nate, Emily and Elise tested out our new kneeboard. The kids were super impressed with Nate’s kneeboard tricks. I should have taken pictures, but it required my full attention to keep the boat speed between 15 and 18 mph. We spent some time skipping rocks and playing in the water at the rocky beach and finished up the day with rides on the tube. The kids (especially Ben) are getting lots braver about taking “wild rides” on the tube. It was a good day. Hopefully we’ll be able to squeeze in another three or four boating days while the water is still nice and warm.
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way to go elise!! so does your kneeboard connect to the ski rope? if not, that picture of emily is highly impressive and you really should frame the picture of all 4 of them on the tube together. it is priceless.
isn't it funny how you make all these really great plans for the summer, then you realize you only have about a third of the time left. jared said to me today that we have only used the trailer twice this year. he wanted to use it 7-8 times also (which was always a little bit unrealistic to me).
I love that picture of Emily on the tube! Way to go Elise on skiing!
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