Monday, September 20, 2010

The Weekend

Jonathan and a friend decided that we should try our hand at sailing the open seas this weekend, so we packed up our families and rented a boat. We really didn’t sail, though, as much as started a motor. And the open seas, well, it was more of a lake. Nonetheless, we were boat people for a day.

The kids were so excited to be on this super fast boat that topped out at about 35mph. To the girls, we were on a jet boat.

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Finn was on a pirate ship for a day. He made sure that we were well prepared for our voyage.

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He even tried his hand at “sailing” the ship.

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The girls rode the inner tube shrieked ear piercing screams most of the time.

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Finn and I gave it a try, but he wasn’t too excited about the whole thing, and we stopped shortly after getting on.

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Then the guys competed to see who could “surf” on the tube the longest, but I wasn’t able to snap pictures quick enough before the plunged into the water.

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They also tried to throw each other off the tube, but a pontoon boat isn’t geared for speed, so their efforts were fruitless.

We eventually found a nice place to swim for a while…

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and then called it a day and headed back to shore before an ominous looking storm hit. I was somewhat expecting to get caught in a raging storm given that our last adventure with this family was our notorious camping trip that ended in us packing up during a torrential downpour. Thankfully, we made it back safe and sound, not stranded on a deserted island like the Swiss Family Robinson. Otherwise, we might have been forced to build an elaborate tree house, like this:

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xo

nessa dee

2 comments:

Jade said...

hey! I have been in that house. It's a lawyer from Houston who owns it and over the archway of the main entrance it says "A Castle for his Lady" I have a WHOLE facebook album with pictures of me and Nate and Wes exploring the outside of it. My friend's aunt lives next door to them and she gave us a tour. It is AMAZING.

Seriously, the whole time we walked around the house, I kept saying "I belong in this castle...I belong here" :)

Jade said...

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1032034&l=ecbf98b500&id=501258353

Here is the link to one of this pics :)