Water Fun Weekends

We have been having fun boating, tubing & wakeboarding the past few weekends. Here are a few highlights....

Today Austin, Abby, Andrew, Morgan & Emily swam almost the entire length of Hoot Lake. I followed along in the pontoon to give Abby a breather here & there and to make sure no other boaters got too close. They all used some sort of a floatation device (boogie board, noodle chair or life jacket). They swam for well over an hour and said their legs felt like jello when they finally got back to the Borowski's dock. They burned off so many calories that we had to make a run to the Dairy Queen before supper.

Yesterday (Saturday) was a beautiful sunny day. We started out the day with a little tubing.

Yes, your eyes do not deceive you...that is Grandma Pat riding on Super Mable!

Abby, Grandma & Morgan had a fun ride.

Wes was driving the boat and was able to get quite a few squeals from the "girls".

Later Austin, Abby & Andrew took a turn on Mable.

Uncle Wes gave them a little wilder ride (at Abby's request)

Eventually Andrew flew off, Austin jumped in, and Abby got a bit

wet when she thought she could "surf" on Mable while Wes went back to

pick up the boys.

After the tubing came a little kneeboarding.

Morgan had never tried it before and got up right away.

Good job, Morgan!

Heather was good to give pointers on both the kneeboard and wakeboard.

Here is Abz strapping in her knees.

Abby got up on her first try and rode all over the lake. Way to go, Abz!!

Next we tried a little wakeboarding. Here is Austin all set to go.

The picture isn't very good but you can see Austin just getting out of the water. He did great for his first time. You can probably see that his life jacket was a bit loose. We will have better fitting equipment for him tomorrow when we go out again so he it won't hinder his efforts.

Heather can get out of the water right away when she is on the wakeboard. She has been good to give the guys "pointers" on how it is done.

Last weekend Jordan tried it for the first time. Once you finally get up and out of the water that first time you get a "feel" for how it is done and it is much easier from then on.

Of course Jordan wasn't content with just getting up. He attempted some serious jumps of the wake. These came with some serious wipe outs. (He did get a little air...at least once.)

Jordan talked his sister into going for a tube ride with him.

It got a bit wild.

The big wipe out happened soon after this picture.

I finally decided that my poor old broken foot had healed long enough (note the lovely shoe) and that I had waited long enough for a ride on Mable. Sheila & I rode until we were Wii sick (seasick). (If you know us you will know that this didn't take long at all. We get motion sickness from cars, boats, amusement parks & playing Mario Kart on the Wii!!)

Emily & Morgan have the best time riding on Super Mable.

After a particularly harrowing ride last weekend, along with Heather, (Jordan was driving the boat) they all decided that they would never, NEVER, let Jordan drive them again.

I guess I don't need to tell you how that ride ended up!!

Hurry up and come for a visit....summer is fading & Mable is waiting!!

(We promise we won't let Jordan drive!)