Yesterday Chad had to go to Huntington State Park to pick up his gun and rifle (it was being inspected) so we decided to take the boat along and get it started for the season. Thankfully it survived the winter and started right up this year. The kids had a ball and of course saw the sun shining so thought it was perfect weather to swim in the lake. Chad and I are much smarter about the whole thing and just enjoyed the boat ride.
Hayden was the first to jump in off the back of the boat. The water was cold enough that it completely took his breath away and I was totally shocked that he did it so of course I did not have the camera ready. After the initial shock of the water he decided that it would be better to just have his feet in the water and splash the girls.
Kenzie was the next to jump in and she had a blast doing this over and over again. She even tried to swim out to some birds but we convinced her to come back because neither Chad or I wanted to rescue her if she got too tired. Kenzie eventually was convinced by us to try without her life jacket and she did that a few times too.
Kenzie was the next to jump in and she had a blast doing this over and over again. She even tried to swim out to some birds but we convinced her to come back because neither Chad or I wanted to rescue her if she got too tired. Kenzie eventually was convinced by us to try without her life jacket and she did that a few times too.
Courtney was the last to jump in after much convincing. We have several videos were she said she was ready and then we would count to three and she would talk herself out of doing it. After some lunch and convincing by Kenzie she was finally able to muster the courage to do it and decided that it was pretty fun.
To top off the day we came home and roasted some hot dogs and toasted some marshmallows in the back yard in our new fire ring. The kids loved it and we discovered that the dog loves marshmallows too as long as they are not toasted. (The toasted ones stick to the roof of his mouth - very funny to watch.)
While we were outside I took some shots of some cool things:
These jets passed over us and made a giant X in the sky. Hayden thought this was very cool!
A beautiful sunset at the end of a very fun day!
4 comments:
what a fun day. I am so glad that you bought the boat, it will bring many memories for the family. Keep up the good work and have a great summer. That garden looks real good. I think that my garden is probably all weeds.
Love you all,
Dad and Grandpa
You always have such a fun blog. We love to see what you are doing. Grandma
What a fun day!! Chad and I totally want to invite ourselves over for a boat ride this summer!!
What fun. Your garden is huge and I love the idea of a fire ring. What a beautiful sunset...can't get much better than that.
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