August Long Weekend

It's very sad that our first trip to the lake didn't happen this year (again!) until August.  We made our first attempt on Saturday after the boys (aka entertainment) arrived, but it proved unsuccessful.  Something was wrong with the water pump.

So instead we got to listen to beautiful piano music.

Attempt number two on Monday was a great success!

Leif made some nice curves on skis.

And had some spectacular falls.

Keith got the water up there too.

Here's Kel shredding it.

And Joel not far behind.

The magnificent Krystal got up for the first time on skis!!! (Some of the photos in this post are hers.)

Even I got in on the skiing action.

Then we moved onto surfing.  Here's Leif showing us all how it's done.

And Keith.

Here's Kel shredding it again.

And Joel mastered the no rope trick.

My surfing turn came with some screaming when the board went partly under.

The next sport the boys tried was the air chair.  This thing is hilarious.  I dare you not to laugh while looking at the next few pictures.  Make sure you blow them up for full facial expressions!

Keith had the first go.

And Kel followed with some equally daring moves.  Those two are pros.

Then Joel tried for the first time.  He was pretty happy once he got up.

And this is him going way higher than he expected!

Last, but most terrifying, was wakeboarding.  Keith pulled off many great moves, but here's the best picture we got.

And here's his last jump.

And here's Kel shredding it for the final time.

 Krystal's lovely picture of the boys.

And here's one of us girls.

Overall, awesome weekend!  And we've already arrived at another one!