Water Play

We are on the final hours until we head out the door for a camping excursion. But before we packed up the bathing suits today we headed to a local area lake for some water play with our awesome neighbors, who really are our neighbors, but we prefer to refer to them as our close friends.

It was a perfect ending to a jam-packed-summer-fun-filled week for us.  We put all our shopping and packing to dos on the table and left for a couple hours of this ...

My son's theme was the faster, the wilder, the better. To which my theme back was Oh dear, I can't look and thank goodness I have only one boy! While his friend got up on water skis my son opted to try the knee board.  His friend is a multi-talented athlete and made getting up on skis look so easy (even though it was only his second time out and first time going straight from the water). And my son made knee boarding look like so much fun and easy too that my daughter opted in.

 While he started on his knees, my girl started on her belly and had to pull up to the knee position and then pull the rope off the board. She made it, but lost her balance before we could snap a good photo. She tried a couple of times but by the second face full of water she decided that while it was a good try she'd rather switch back to the tube. I'm proud of both kids for trying something new in the water today.

The sun was nowhere to be found earlier in the day and popped out as we hit the dock to join the fun. Perfect timing. Their boat is gorgeous and our friend drives it like a pro. It is nice to know that while the kids look like they are flying chaotically behind the boat that really they are not, and that they are in great care with our friend's knowledge of boating, sports, and caring personality.

Thanks, C + S + boys, for a wonderful water play day!!!

I'll be out in the wilderness till the weekend ~ have a fabulous week!