Catching Those Last Few Summer Rays!

I was begging my parents to take the boat out since we haven't been on it all summer.  Luckily they agreed and we went out on Labor Day (not my labor day, but the national holiday, wakkah wakkah).  

 We picked up Burger King on the way to the lake.  Looking at this picture you would think this situation ended in a total fried ketchup disaster but you would be mistaken.  Andrew is a very cautious driver and his plate never spilled.  Incredible!

 Check out the Boat Captain Stud!

Dad let Tommy drive the boat.  Tommy really drove it.  We were all over the place.

 We went to the sandbar and did some swimming.  Tommy's favorite part! He's a little fish in the water these days.

 We had a full boat with Mom and Steph...

 Andrew, Tommy, Dad in charge of navigating while Adam and Cec were in the front.

 Cec's friend, Maddie, and Jack were also on the boat.  The 3 newly acclimated frosh (I still can't believe they're freshmen!) took turns on the tube near the end of the day.

 The long passes on the boat made Tommy fall asleep! Holy! I have very few pictures of Tommy falling asleep in random places so I was very excited to get a pic of him falling asleep on the boat.  But not having a nap will do that to ya! :)

What a beautiful day to take the boat out.  I'm so glad we got one last trip before summer was officially over and the baby gets here.

Riley Camp for Kids

My brother Adam and his girlfriend Steph are camp counselors every year at Camp Riley where they teach kids with disabilities how to waterski.  This year they were on Fox 59 news.

Tommy's on a Boat!

Everybody look at him because he's sailing on a boat! (Yes, that's the edited version in the link.)

 Anyway, we took Tommy boating recently.  He loved it! Haha!

He HATED his life jacket but he couldn't move so he eventually just gave in.  

 He was really only happy when he was out of his life jacket.

 The only hat we could get him to wear was his John Deere hat.  It didn't cover his ears but at least it covered his face.

 Then we went to the Sandbar and went swimming! He even swims like Mick Jagger! :)

He wore the life jacket for a little while.

 Then we decided a little freedom from the life jacket couldn't hurt him.  He LOVED it!! Splashing and kicking the water.  It was like the biggest bath in the world! :)

 He didn't even mind getting splashed in the face! We were soooo surprised.

 He was the happiest boy around! Swinging and splashing and having a great time.

 He even splashed his own face on purpose.  That kid was having a great time.  He doesn't even like water on his face in the tub.  Not sure where this brave kid came from!

Aww family pic!