Boating and Jet-skiing and Snakes, oh my!

We had a nice, relaxing Memorial Day weekend. We just took it easy and tried not to focus on the house and the yardwork for a change. On Sunday we went to Grandma and Grampa Touchstones house and it was a perfect day to go out on the lake. We went out early to avoid the crowd...and so the kids could try their hand (tandem of course) at jet-skiing. I was nervous when Ricky took Abby out on the "real" water (as opposed to being in the cove) for the first time. She smiled the whole time and waved to all of the passing boats. Adam was not so willing when he first got on with me...in fact he said "I want to get off!" and "don't go over the bumps!"...but after a few minutes at about 10 mph, he was content with it and enjoyed himself. Andrew was next and he was telling me to go fast before he was sitting on the jet-ski. I went much faster (ok, about 15-18mph) with him and he wanted to go over the waves...so we did. He even pulled the throttle a few times to full speed ahead and I had to pry his hand off of it.

We also pulled them behind he jet-ski in an inner tube around the cove and they thought that was the greatest. Grampa was supposed to follow us out through the cove and we couldn't figure out where he was. Turns out that there was a copperhead snake under the other jet-ski when he backed it off the ramp. Yikes! So he took care of it and fed it to the fish and ducks. Grandma had our camera and snapped a photo of it. I'm glad I wasn't on the dock when he found it because I might not have gone out on the jet-ski after that!

Blog-spot...here I come!

Well, just as I thought I had enough on my plate, I decided to try out this ever-so-popular blogging thing. Guess it makes me feel like I am in the loop with the younger crowd. Of course, I still feel old because although I am computer/cell phone saavy I can tell you that I haven't even wanted to try texting! My sister-in-law Jennifer inspired me to start one of these blog-spots and I only wish that this was the "in-thing" to do when the kiddos were born almost 6 years ago. That might have been a bad thing though...who knows how much I would have written by now!

All that being said...I'll try to keep blogging as often as possible. Even if no one reads it or looks at it, I am sure that one day when my memory is COMPLETELY gone I will be glad that I kept a journal of what happened throughout the years. And when AAA are teenagers I will have proof of what my children said and did when they were younger : )