Boating!

Earlier this month Eric was in the garage repairing his car when his parents--his parents who live 1,355 miles away!--drove up and honked at him! They had driven here clear from Salt Lake to deliver their speedboat to us! 

We told them that we were interested in buying it but were worried about the logistics of getting it here, the possibility of our having to move it in a year, storing it, etc. But now that we have it here and have all the storage squared away, we are just loving it!

The kids are charactaristically pleasant on the lake:

And even though it's not exactly summertime here (the water is about 65 degrees), we have been out banana boating, skiing, and swimming. Ah yeah!

Here our friend Chris demonstrates how tough he is sans wetsuit compared to Eric, who found himself a little chilled. Eric thinks that he fractured his sternum waterskiing that day. He spent several hours afterward resting with rotating packages of frozen peas on his chest. He's recovered, mostly, and still plenty tough!

I'm sure that we'll have more boat posts this summer. Come visit us and join in on the fun!