Chain O' Lakes

Auntie Al & Uncle Chris rented a pontoon boat and a jet ski with a tube for the day and invited us to join them.  Terry took a vacation day so we could go as a family.  It was a great day to be out on the lake until it started getting a bit too chilly in the late afternoon.  However, there weren't many boats on the lake and the water was very warm.  Thanks for another awesome day, guys!

 None of us had been on a jet ski before and only Trevor had ever gone tubing.   Emily wasn't too keen on going on the tube but she did give it a try and did very well until our tube started taking on water and we sunk!  She loved riding on the jet skit, though, which kind of surprised us!  In the background is a crayfish skeleton that we found on the bottom of the swimming area in the lake.

 Erin had a blast on the tube until she was thrown 20+ feet into the air!  After that she was a bit more cautious on the tube.  But she also loved riding on the jet ski.  In the boat on the way back to our dock she is wearing her new dress that she made with Granny's supervison a week or so ago.  She is also playing with Auntie Al's cell phone after it was swimming in the water with Auntie Al.  We were all a bit confused why Erin kept asking if her phone was the only water proof phone...until Auntie Al remembered she had stuffed it in her suit & forgotten about it!  Erin's perseverance paid of as she did get the phone working again....after Auntie Al got a replacement phone!

Trevor had a great time riding on the jet ski with Uncle Chris.  Though he had a blast on the tube, he was tossed up in the air pretty good as well so he took a big break and just played with Shawn in the water.  He loved just riding on the pontoon sitting in his chair with the wind blowing around him....until the ride back to dock got a little cool!  That's him wrapped up in his towel trying to keep warm!

Terry enjoyed just swimming around in the water near the boat and playing with the kids on the extra tube that he kept tied around him to give them a little more fun! 

I went out on the tube - what a blast!  Emily and I sunk it the first time and I did fall off a few times but, ah, what fun!