It's getting hot and what better way to waste the day away than at the lake??!! We celebrated opening weekend of boating season for our family with a quick little get-away to Greers Ferry this past Sunday. We loaded the truck up Saturday night so we would be ready to hit the road as soon as we got home from church. Everything went as planned (surprisingly) and the day was a total success:) This was Jace's maiden voyage out on the water and we were excited to see what he thought of it......check out his big grin in the picture above to see his reaction the whole time:) Once we started moving I propped him up so he could watch the water out the back and he just started squealing and shrieking with delight. It was really cute:)
Here's a picture of the brothers seriously discussing the water with each other:) They were so mesmerized by everything and really had a good time.
A rare shot of the captain of the boat and his lovely assistant! I have to say I am pretty proud of Silas and myself for our boat outing. It is not the easiest feat to launch your boat yourself from a boat ramp, park the truck and trailer, get the guy who parked the truck into the boat, spend the day out on the water, and then get your boat back up on the trailer and out of the water successfully, all while juggling two kids age 2 and under!! We make an excellent team though, and luckily we have had plenty of practice doing all this without kids, so it wasn't too difficult. Just took a little more strategy:)
The water temp was about 78-80 degrees and the outside temp was pushing 90 or low 90's, which made for a perfect lake day. After riding around for a bit we found a quiet cove to anchor in and enjoyed our first swimming of the summer. It was pretty cold, but Jace never even flinched!! He hopped right in and had a blast splashing water all over Silas' face:) Tyson reacted a little more to the cold, but still had fun. I even got in and cooled off a bit. Jace slept while we cruised around after that. This is where Tyson decided he needed to learn to drive the boat (since it will be his one day when he gets older), so up in the driver's seat he went. Silas had fun giving him his first driving lesson and I loved watching my little man take the wheel and drive that thing like he's been doing it is entire life (yes, all two years of it!!). He drove for about 15 minutes and did an excellent job. The only scary moment was when he grabbed the throttle and cranked the sucker forward and we took off flying! Luckily Silas got us slowed back down and it was no big deal. Tyson loved it though:)
He looked cool wearing daddy's sunglasses and driving around. We wrapped up the outing with some Pizza Hut for dinner and then headed home. It was a great day with the family and we are really looking forward to many more fun weekends out on the water this summer.
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