Lake Weekend

We finally made it to the lake this weekend for the first time this summer. The boys were SO excited and couldn't wait to get in the water! We had to dodge some rain drops Friday and Saturday, but the temperature was cool so we'll take it!

 

 I love this action shot! No fear!

 We had time for one quick sunset boat ride Friday night.

 Unfortunately, late Friday night we found out that Jordan and Anna's dog, Shug had to be put to sleep and they were on their way to the lake Saturday morning to bury him. It was a sad day, but the lake was his favorite place in the world and that's just where he needed to be! We could have done without Hudson running up to Jordan and Anna's car as soon as they got there Saturday morning screaming, "SO WHERE'S YOUR DEAD DOG!!!" I wanted to crawl in a hole! You just cannot control what comes out of the mouths of babes...I have learned that plenty of times now!

Saturday afternoon we headed to Liberty Day in Cedar Bluff. Wow, that was an experience. Never knew we would see a dunking booth made out of a toilet! Ha!

Then it was back to the lake for more fun!

 We told Hudson that he could not go to first grade without learning how to tie his shoes and ride a bike. He is the most stubborn child and just had no interest in doing either so we had to take drastic measures and he really did believe he couldn't go to first grade and that upset him so much!

A few weeks ago he finally mastered tying his shoes. Teaching a child to tie their shoes is worse than potty training in my opinion! It was so frustrating!

Teaching a child to ride his bike that doesn't care about riding his bike comes in at a close second. You can see how well it was going this weekend. I'm not sure who is more frustrated here...

 Enter Uncle Jordan! He came to the rescue and had that boy riding his bike in about 5 minutes! We were SO proud! And of course it's "easy peasy" according to Hudson. Hmmm.

 We watched the fireworks that evening (no good pictures) and then all went to bed!

Sunday we woke up to a beautiful day! First order of business was to ride the hot dog tube that we got for Christmas! Hudson LOVED it!

 I even gave it a try too and it was great. Just my style! It was just enough bump, but I didn't get knocked off!

 The big boys went skiing and of course Hudson wanted to give it a go too! I don't know how I got a child with so little fear! The trainer skis we had were still too big for Hudson though and while we tried four or five times to get him out of the water, the skis kept falling off. We are going to get him to knee board next time and I think he'll be able to do that just fine!

Of course it was only Uncle Jordan that could teach him...

Such a fun weekend filled with lots of gator rides, boat rides, tractor rides, and lake fun!