The lake!

Hey, we're back from a fabulous time at the lake *again.* We could not have asked for more- we had great weather, great food.... and our health (more on that shortly). Despite temperatures the first weekend that were disturbingly high (try 101 on Saturday) we made it through with flying colors. The key? Get to the lake, check in and HIT THE WATER. We spent a large majority of time on the boat.... sometimes napping (Jackson), sometimes fishing (Tyler) and sometimes wakeboard, kneeboard and skiing.

Highlights of the trip:
- Grandpa's meatball toss (ask sometime when he's not around and we'll spill the meatballs (uh, we mean beans).
- Both Tyler and Matt are *actual* wakeboarders... as in they both got up and stayed up! Tyler managed to do some beginner jumping, which resulted in great wipeouts. Matt decided he had enough of being pulled inside the wake and went for the outside. I say this: coming from an author who tried and SWORE off any future attempts I give them both a serious round of applause. Nice work, boys.
- Jackson tubed alone! When matt fell off he zoomed around the like like a pro. We knew he had it in him and it took the right time on the right day to hit it.
- Music, music, music!

There are many more things to mention but this is a blog, not my dissertation on why we should live at the lake F-O-R-E-V-E-R. I'll save your eyes.

So, why are we lucky to be healthy? This was an unusual year at the lake and time FLU (yeah, that's right) FLU! by. As in: most of the family who stayed on Leaf Lake got violently sick with the flu. At last count, I recieved word that 40+ family members were ill with the flu or some sort of traveling bug that netted out flu-like symptoms. We felt awful that so many were sick and fortunate that we were staying at the other lake.

We're now back to home life and adjusting. It seems the book of 'How to be a professional vacationer for Dummies' was checked out at the library. Fear not, I'll keep looking because that time is fantastic and precious to us. It seems like yesterday that we did this exact vacation with Tyler, who was just a baby. Even more strange is that it now matters that 'the right' shorts, shirt and hair be prepared before we hit the beach and/or boat. We know it's a little insight as to what lies ahead. Watch out world!!

Baseball results AND Surf's UP!

So I'm not the best at posting results quickly... but I try! Tyler's Paul Molitor tournament was actually cancelled because of bad weather on Sunday. His team did scrimmage and had a good record coming out of things. We are now into the bottom of the season and heading into playoffs on Tuesday. I caught quite a few great pics that I'll post soon - this one of Ty was good (until he told me to go away!).

Anyhow, now that we're slowing up a little in baseball we're picking up new time at the river and getting ready for a nice summer vacation to the week with Grampy and the rest of the gang. Matt and Tyler bought a wakeboard last week and Matt continues to struggle... he has NO PROBLEM getting up.. it's what happens after that. He has mentioned a couple times that his arms go numb after trying (and trying and trying) but we all know that's just age setting in. Ha ha.