Jet Skiing Pine View

Looks like these pictures uploaded backwards, but it's such a hodgepodge of pictures, it probably doesn't really matter.

My crazy Dad (with broken pelvic and collar bones) invited us to go jet skiing!  We were very excited about it even though we were all worried about my Dad and his ability to go on such an outing.  Even Lukey was saying, "Is Grandpa going to pass out?... I hope Grandpa doesn't pass out."  Everyone was concerned :).  It ended up being a lot of fun though.  I think my Dad will need a few days to recover, but he made it a lot of fun for all of us.  We had the usual treats and snacks to munch on.  Charity got to go out with Grandpa and he even let her drive!  She spent most of the time waiting for her next turn on the jet ski and got to go out quite a bit.  When she wasn't on the jet ski she was chasing Buddy around.  Kelly and I had a turn and had a lot of fun together.  Kelly's fun because she lets me go less than too fast and still screams with excitement and gets all into it :).  Makes me feel cool even though we're only going 35 or 40 :).  I got to take the girls and Steve out as well, when they rode on the hot dog.  Steve was totally cracking me up the whole time.  He really is just hilarious!  I about peed my pants... not kidding.  He was holding the flag out to me as he jumped off, saying, "here hold this!" then barely tossed it so that it didn't quite reach me, and landed next to him in the water.  That was hilarious.  I can't do that story justice.  Then another time he jumped in holding the flag straight up out of the water so that all you could see was the flag and the tip of his hand :).  He was funny.  Then riding on the hot dog with Kelly was hilarious too.  He was just so funny!  I know, this isn't funny to you, but it was to me :).  THEN of course, he decided it was time for me to get in, so he tipped me and the jet ski over.  That was even funny :).  He just has a way.  Nate and I took Bradley and Erika out on the hot dog as well.  That was fun, but they don't let me go fast enough for them to fall off, so very uneventful :).  Erika didn't love the hot dog ride.  She prefers sitting on the jet ski and telling Grandpa to go even faster!  He said that she kept asking him, "Is this as fast as it goes??"  That's funny to me.  Bradley was our superhero all day, helping with the jet skis and doing basically everything he was asked.  My dad said that he was really impressed with how helpful Bradley is.  Kelly too, he had added, but especially Bradley that day, "He just does anything I ask him to do!"  Bradley, Luke and Noah all spent 99% of the time there, in the water!  It was fun to watch them exploring on the other side of our little inlet.  They seemed to be having a good time.  Kelly had a lot of fun and got so tired that she took a nap in the camp chair before we left.  Jack spent most of the day playing in the dirt.  He loved the pudding that Grandpa brought and ate several cups of it even though there were no spoons!  You can imagine how messy he was!  Noah loved the water.  He loved being with Bradley.  He really liked riding on the jet ski with me too :).  I love that little guy.  Luke actually went on the jet ski this year!  Nate got him to try it.  He wasn't happy with the acceleration, but he had enough fun.  I'm glad he braved it.  It's so much work setting up and then packing up to go home, but it really is worth it, I decided.

Afterwards, we stopped to take Buddy home and then went down to Grandpa's to drop off the jet skis, then made our way down to the Hokulia for some snow cones the size of your head!  They're delicious :).  And oh so big!  It was a nice way to end the fun day.  Everyone was exhausted when we got home.  8-18-14