Weekend Recap!

"Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think." ~Robert Henri

Like good red-blooded Americans, my dad and I spent the Fourth of July weekend at the lake.

We loaded up our boat that some might call old, but we call "The Classic" and headed off. Here is a little photo example of how old this boat is....that little blonde head sticking out of The Classic would be me.

Well, The Classic wasn't really feeling it, and it spent most of the day sputtering instead of starting. Lucky for us, my uncle has an awesome ski boat, so we parked The Classic and went on with our business!

Now, you've got to understand a couple of things here. We live only a few miles from the lake. When my dad was a kid, they used to go all the time. He and my uncle are seriously the best skiers that I've ever seen. No lie. But when we were kids, we hardly ever went. In fact, I hadn't been on water skis since I was about 12 years old. We just always seemed to be busy with farm stuff or sheep shows or whatever.

Well, apparently my dad is getting soft in his old age, and we hit the water! My uncle, Quiet Cousin, Cousin Whitney, and two of her friends came along for the fun.

So here I was....15 years later.....hoping that skiing was like riding a bike. Turns out, it kinda was! I had a little coaching from my dad the first time, which ended up in a pretty common situation. It went down like this:

{I try to get up on the skis and somehow lose it. My head no more than pops up out of the water and I hear...}

Dad: What ARE you doing??

Me: I do not think that is going to help this situation!

Uncle: You were about to do the splits.

Dad: Come on, keep your skis together!

Me: I couldn't breathe for the face full of water I had!

Dad: Well then hold your breath!

By this point, I decided that I had better freaking get this figured out, lest I spend the rest of the day participating in conversations like this! And, sure enough, I got up and away we went.

And then, Cousin Whitney, who had never skied before in her life, turned out to be a natural!

And not to be outdone (as if there was any danger in that...you see how un-cool I look in the pictures?), Dad and my uncle had to show off a little.

All in all, it was a pretty great weekend on the water. Nothing like a little time in the sun and in the water with the family to celebrate a holiday!