If only weekends were longer.....

This weekend, instead of being at the Lake of the Ozarks we were at Mark Twain Lake with our boat. we organized a gathering with the Pollard's, Jeremy, and the Love family to meet out at the lake. Since the Pollard's live in Burlington, IA it's not exactly in the middle but close enough. As the day was going to be ridiculously hot we decided to be on the water by 10 and off by 3 or so. The Pollards left by 3:30 but we stayed until about 5. Most of the day was in the water because it was just too hot. We found a great cove spot, had a good lunch, and did some skiing/kneeboarding/tubing to end the day.



Here are Abby and Megan being forced to drink some juice boxes before they can get back in the water. Abby is getting braver and braver with jumping off the back of the boat. She is up to the top step on the ladder. Maybe next week she'll finally jump off the swim platform!




This is actually Megan and Abby on our tube. They are in the middle of course and we are maybe going 5 mph tops. They were loving it and didn't want to get off, but Megan was starting to fall asleep so it was time to pull them off. This is the first time they have rode it together - and asked to do it!! I see a lot more tubing in our future with the girls. When Abby got off the first thing she said was that she wanted to go tubing with her friend Ashley and go "medium" speed.


(out of order photos for some reason) - I actually won a radio call in for a free dozen of roses. The girls picked them out for me. Bet you thought Tim got them for me.........nope.

Suellen, Tim, and Justin relaxing on their boat.

We had a great day on the water. It still amazes me how much the girls are enjoying the boat and swimming in the lake and how adapted they are to it all. I know I was not lake friendly at all when I was 4.