Fun in the Sun...

Today we decided to try a new lake. It is the largest lake in the area and it totally spring fed. The water was beautiful! It was a georgious shade of teal. You could see way down deep. The lake ranged from about 50 feet to about 150 feet and had a dam at one end. It was a lot of fun and nice to explore a new lake. You could see that it was down about 50 feet (at least) and a lot of the docks that you use at the boat ramps were un-usable because the water was just too low. We had a lot of fun though. M swam a lot in her life-best (life-vest) which is new for her since she has never trusted it before. C tried to ski, we put the skis on him and he stood on the swim platform. R did a lot of wakeboarding and did some awsome jumps and got lots of air, but it was quite rough and he eventually had to stop. And I tried wakeboarding again. I made it up all three times and felt like I did a great job! I'm very proud of myself!!!

Here are the kids on the boat ready for a day of fun and sun!

Miss M getting into the water for a refreshing swim. She loved swimming today and everytime we'd stop the boat, she'd be in the water.

C went tubing today and LOVED it. He kept telling us to go faster using the "thumbs up" signal and even let us get a little "wild" and put him outside of the wake. Don't worry grandmas and grandpas, we didn't get too wild or go too fast, just enough to give him a good time :)

Here is C trying to ski. He was getting very nervous and wouldn't let us put him in the water by himself. But, at least he's had the skis on and knows the feeling of them on and water going over them.We felt like we made some progress.

And here I am wakeboarding!!!! I tried this last summer and fell so hard that I blacked out and refused to try again. But, today the water was calm and I had a feeling like I just had to give it a try again, so I hopped in and tried. I got up the first time and the other two times I tried. The first two times, I couldn't get into the wake, but somehow the last time I was able to stay in the wake and went pretty far. We got a video of it that I'll try to get on here later. It's not the greatest boarding form, but I was up and didn't black out...so I'm a happy girl!!!!