Summertime!

Summer time is back! Hooray! We've had the boat out a few times this year and last night Jeff broke out the wakeboard for the first time this season. Here's a short clip.

Aislinn and Grandma

Aislinn

Aislinn tries a lemon...

An adventure...

So Sunday after church Jeff and I went to Chili's to grab some lunch and were discussing what we wanted to do for the rest of the afternoon. We both wanted to do something, but didn't really have any great ideas. So I suggested that we go somewhere. Jeff agreed and asked where I wanted to go. I had no clue. So we finished up lunch and went home. Jeff started packing the car with the essentials: chairs, radio, ice chest, tent, etc. I got online and started looking for a destination. We wanted to go somewhere we had not been before. I came across the website for the Great Salt Plains Lake in NW Oklahoma. So we all loaded up, including our doggies, and headed west. Along the way, we came across a field that was full of HUGE sunflowers. It was beautiful.

Several hours later, we arrived just in time to find a campsite and watch the beautiful sunset.

The lake is very strange because the whole lake is extremely shallow. Because of this, you can't put any boats on the lake except for small fishing boats. I guess this is why there were very few people there. We were so lucky to find a perfect spot to camp. There was no one in sight and we had a sandy beach area just for us. The dogs were able to run free and act as crazy as they wanted. We were exhausted just watching them.

We had a wonderful time! Here's a video clip of the dogs. They ran around crazy like this pretty much the whole time.

Lake

We ventured out to the lake this past weekend. Jake joined us and decided he was going to learn to wakeboard. He did an awesome job! Here are some clips:





Keep in mind that this was his first real time to try! Hooray Jake!

Here's some video of my crazy husband as well:





And much to Jeff's disappointment, I did not partake in the ski/wakeboarding fun. Sorry. :)

Summer Fun!

I'm not really in a talkative mood, so here's a video from earlier this summer of my niece Monica bowling.

Sorry guys!!

I've been seriously slacking in the blog department. So here's a quick update.

* We're about to finish up our kitchen cabinets. Not sure if I told you before, and I'm too lazy to go back and check, but I tried to paint the cabinet doors but I didn't do such a great job. So my dear husband has spent the past few evening stripping the paint and sanding them down. That process is almost done, so the kitchen should be done soon.

* School started back. I signed up for prom committee. Not sure what I was thinking on that one. Summer went wayyyy too fast. But that means that football season is around the corner! Hooray! I'm ready for some cooler weather and watch parties.

* After a serious faceplant and subsequent nosebleed, I've decided that wakeboarding is not for me, much to Jeff's disappointment.

* Aislinn turns 1 next week! Where did the time go!? She's too precious! She starting to take steps.

* It's 10:30 on a Tuesday night. I should not be on the computer this late. However, I am feeling really yucky. I'm crossing my fingers I'm not getting piggy flu. I'm considering starting a movie. Making it to work tomorrow is looking less and less promising.

That's all I can come up with for now.
Later!
:)

Wakeboarding

Jeff and I decided to spend a relaxing weekend together at the lake. Just the two of us. So we got up Saturday morning, packed the ice chest, got some good music, and headed to the lake. We found a nice area to swim and relax where we had lunch. Shortly after, Jeff suggests we go over by the marina where there is a wakeboarding competition. He insisted he just wanted to see how it works. Riiiiight. Ya see, we knew before going to the lake that this competition was going on, but Jeff had decided not to enter, and just watch this time. Then next time they had one, he would know the drill.

So after watching for about 1 or 2 hours, Jeff wants to go over to the shore just to talk to the people running it. Since we couldn't drive over there in the boat, we went back to the boat ramp, loaded up the boat, and drove around to the shore. It had already been a long day, so we just planned on staying about 30 minutes then heading home. We walked down to the water and got in to cool off. Jeff then went over to get some information. About 15 minutes later, I saw him walking back, rather quickly, and with a grin on his face. "Tomorrow is a whole new competition! I can still enter!" So about 2 or 3 hours after arriving, we packed up and headed home. Jeff was so excited and had so much running through his mind, he couldn't really even talk. He just drove the whole way grinning and giddy.

All of the practice runs were done on Friday, so he would get one shot at this, with a boat he'd never wakeboarded behind. Below are three video clips from his run. He only got one run and was allowed two falls. Sorry for the terrible job taping this. The sun was right on my camera screen and I could hardly see where I was taping. If you watch the videos on YouTube, you can watch them bigger and see a little better.







I was really proud of him! I though he did really good considering he didn't get to practice AT ALL. The only thing that concerns me, is that I think he wants to quit his job and wakeboard for a living. He didn't say it, but I could see it in his eyes. Like a kid in a candy store, just looking at everything, and never wanting to leave. :)