So we were suppose to go to the lake last weekend but due to snow over the pass, chain control, a child with a fever, and me with some type of stomach flu we stayed home for the weekend. We decided to go today instead and test out my parents jet ski. We got all dressed up ready to go..

So we get to the gas station and realize we forgot to put the ’08 stickers on. Kev took a quick trip back home for the stickers while I finish gassing up. We head out to the lake. About 45 minutes later we stop at some shop to buy permits for the cars, because we were on the Indian reservation… what a crock! So we have no idea where we are going. We find this boat ramp that doesn’t look like it is used very much now that the water is lower. Apparently there are real docks we just didn’t make it that far. So as we decide who gets to be the brave one and drive the jet ski over to the picnic tables I mentioned we should probably make sure that it will start first. (We’ve never taken this jet ski out.) So guess what… it doesn’t start. Great! So luckily our friend Greg is with us and he has jumper cables. I have his son, Camden, and Jameson down by the water and Camden is throwing rocks at the turtle (a tractor tire was about 30 feet out.. the turtle). The boys are looking at where to hook the jumper cables up to and can’t figure it out. Finally I walked over and pulled the plastic bin part out that covered that battery. I’m a genus I know! So the boys get it running but as soon as they disconnect the cables it would die. Hmmm… don’t want to launch it and then have it die. No good. So they go to the store up the way to try and buy a new battery leaving me and my brother with the two small boys. There was this makeshift dock that was stable but slanted. Camden kept wanting to run on it. Scary! I’m holding Jameson trying to tell him to walk in the middle and don’t run on it. (A 2 year old not run? Am I crazy asking that?) So as we were walking to this dock I stepped on what I thought was a little log covered by dirt. Paul was behind us and starts laughing yelling…”You just stepped on a fish!” WHAT!!!!!!! I turn around and yes! About an 18 in dead fish is laying there with my foot print in the middle and I look down and there is nasty guts that had squirted out on my leg. I was freaking out while Camden is ready to run on the dock. I got in the freezing water trying to wash it off.. so gross. So the guys finally come back. While they were gone they were suppose to call some other friends that were suppose to be meeting us. Kevin comes back saying he couldn’t get service on the phone. So I ask… “The store didn’t have a phone?” Oh in this world of cell phones, my husband forgot pay phones existed. So they head back up and actually found our friends driving around. Thank goodness. So after all this we decide the jet ski is not going to happen today and we drove over for a picnic on the beach. We set up at a table and the kids had a good time. It was still fun even though our plans didn’t quite work out. Here are some pictures…

The Chef.. (best sandwich maker)

Havin fun!

 

Camden was so fun all afternoon. He got really good at squirting his dad!

 

Ramona loved to eat the sand and chew on any rock she could!

 

Jameson didn’t like the cold water and couldn’t figure out why the sand fell through his fingers.

This is the closest anyone got to riding the jet ski… I couldn’t pick which picture was the best because they are all so funny!

So Jameson’s first trip to the lake was still fun. We got all packed up and he slept the whole way home. Maybe next time we will actually get in the water! Thanks to our friends for joining us at the lake!