Nothing beats the Lakewater!

We really debated whether to go to the lake for the 4th this year. The weather forecast was more like early May than the middle of summer, but since we stayed home last year we decided we would brave the cold. It didn't really warm up until the day we left, but we had fun anyway. As always there was good food, family, chatting by the fire, golf, boche ball, boating, fireworks, and injury. Jared tried his hardest to make it to the ER, but thankfully came just shy each attempt. The first night we were there he reached into the cosmetic bag and took off the very tip of his finger on his razor. Then Sunday morning he used the wrong contact solution and burned his eyeball. Luckily there happened to be an optomotrist sitting in front of us at church who gave us his cell # and looked at it later that day (yes on a Sunday, and on a holiday, and didn't even charge us! what a saint!) Anyway despite the injuries Jared still skied off the dock 4 of 5 tries. What a stud! Pason and Carter also had their first taste of water skiing. They put the trainer ski that Jared's cousin brought to good use. Thanks Katie and Matthew! It was really nice because they didn't even have to get wet(the water was only like 58 degrees). They both did good and had fun, but it seems Carter is more daring than Pason. He kept wanting to go again and even learned how to use his weight to turn. Eli kept everyone entertained with his jibber-jabber and he even learned how to climb stairs. Yikes! We didn't spend hardly any time in the water obviously, but I think everyone still had a good time. Maybe next year summer will arrive on time!