4th of July Weekend

The 4th of July was a full weekend for us and the girls were pooped. 

Here they are resting while we went out on the boat to find the "perfect spot" for Pooh Bear to ski. 

 I am so proud of my Big Girl.  We went out on Saturday to practice skiing with Pooh Bear behind the WaveRunner.  She did great.  At first we were helping her put her skies on and steadying her in the water.  But she was getting to where she was staying up so long that it was getting very tiring for us.  So Paw Paw had her try getting the rope, steadying herself and holding her skies all by herself.  And she did it!  She was doing really good behind the WaveRunner so we decided that she was ready for the boat. 

But we ran out of time on Saturday and then Family came up on Sunday so Monday was our next chance to take her out in the boat.  We went up river to a smoother spot for her to try.  When she first got in the water I think she was nervous and she paniced for just a minute.  She started getting upset and she could not get herself straightened out.  But Daddy Bear jumped in the water and settled her down.  Then he got back in the boat. 

 And she was ready. 

She came out of the water the first time.  No Problem.  

She stayed up for a really long time.  

She even started trying to figure out how to cross the wake.  But she was using her arms.  I did not know she would try that so quickly so we had not had the lesson on crossing the wake.  

She just looks so tiny.  

I think she is thinking hard.  

There we go a smile.  See she really is having a great time.  

Oh no here come some waves from the boat passing us.  

Oops that was a little to hard.  She fell but... 

she got right back up and tried again.  She stayed in the water all by herself and Paw Paw circled around her and she found the rope, pulled the handle into her, got her skies straight and she was off again. 

Aww man here come those pesky waves from the other boats AGAIN.. 

She hung on a lot longer this time and we thought she was going to make it... 

but she just couldn't... 

 and she fell...

But she did not get upset she just got herself ready again and before we knew it... 

She was up and going again.   

She was awesome the whole time.  She never got mad and she never cried she just kept trying.  

And she did great and was amazing. 

We were all so proud of her even her little sister.  You would have thought Pooh Bear was someone famous as many people were taking her picture.  I had my camera, my brother D had his and my mom had hers too.  But like I said we were all so proud of her and wanted to catch her first time skiing behind the boat on camera.  

Daddy gave her a high five and I gave her a big hug when she got back on the boat.  Paw Paw snatched her up at the house and gave her a big Paw Paw sized hug and bragged on her and told her how proud he was of her.  

4th of July Weekend

Paw Paw took Sugar Bear and D for a ride on the WaveRunner. 

She loved every minute of it. 

After Sugar Bear's turn he took off with Pooh Bear but they were to far away for pictures.  She loved every minute of her ride too.

We had a ton of fun with this sweet family at the lake.  We hope to have them back again but maybe we can include the daddy's.  And I still need Tiffany to show me how to surf behind the boat. 

A first for Pooh Bear

Poor Pooh Bear got stung by a wasp for the first time.  She was on top of the pier thinking about jumping off when all of a sudden she started screaming.  I knew exactly what happened so I jumped out of the water and took of to help her.  But Mrs. Tiffany was already there and she scooped her up and took her to the house with D.  They found the meat tenderizer and put it all over her foot.  She came back down and she was better but she said it still hurt.  We called Mimi and while she was out she picked up some wasp spray and medicine.  Before long she was fine and it did not bother her any more. 

Here is her foot covered with the meat tenderizer.  

She was a little stressed.  

But I still managed to get a little smile out of her.  

Let the good times continue..

You would have thought that after swimming, jumping off the pier and riding the bumpy the kids would be tired.  (I know the parents were)  But oh no the kids have endless amounts of energy.  So we came in  and started a game of twister. 

 Mrs. Tiffany hung in there for a long time but she was the first one out. 

 Then Sugar Bear was out and it was down to Pooh Bear and Natalie.  Pooh Bear was in a bad spot and the next move after this picture and she fell.  So Natalie won but everyone gave it a great try. 

After dinner and baths the girls started coloring.  

 While the little kids decided to watch a movie.  These guys are so cute and sweet to each other. 

This is Sugar Bear and Luke. 

Poor Comet was pooped. 

 To finish the day we made smores.  

 Jack liked eating just the marshmallows. 

I think all the kids ate at least one.  Where as I think Mrs. Tiffany and I ate at least three.  

Everybody loves...

the BUMPY (what the girls call it).  

This year my mom bought some new ones and at first we weren't real sure if we liked them or not.  But after several test runs we have decided that we don't like it we love it.  And our friends agree.  

Pooh Bear, Natalie, Sugar Bear, Mrs. Tiffany, A (D's friend), Luke, Jack and My little bro.  

 All smiles..

A few smiles... 

Do you think D wants to go a little faster?  

All smiles and a little screaming, just for affect.  

Look there are a few more smiles I guess he was going a little faster.  

Dad had not been pulling them long before it became a bumping contest between the boys and the girls.  

 I think Luke had had enough.   He had been bumped one to many times.  

He was starting to get upset.  

Yep, I think he was DONE.  So we stopped and pulled him in he got off and recollected himself.  He decided that he would go again but he wanted to sit in his momma's lap.  I can't say that I blame him, you always feel safer with your mom.  But that meant that there was  a free spot on the girl float so I jumped on.  We had a ton of fun and when we got up creek a little more the water was smooth and we were flying.  Dad would turn and the float would fly out to the side and it was so fun and a little scary all at the same time.  But I knew we were in trouble when I heard Taking Care of Business and Are You Ready For This playing on the boats radio.   Dad has a cd that has some of his favorite songs on it and there are a few on there that mean nothing but trouble for the people behind the boat.