Our Day at the Lake

On Monday, my husband had the day off so both of us got the bright idea to go to the lake since we haven't taken our boat out of the driveway the whole summer.

We got to the lake and our battery was dead. Luckily the lake was close to a town and we were able to go buy a new one.

We finally got ready to put the boat in the water and it decided not to go into reverse. We just pushed it off of the trailer and I could turn around going forward.

We picked my husband up off of the dock and we started on our way. It was running smooth for being the first time out. We were going up on plane if you know what that means. Just at the faster speed and next thing I know the engine started to just rev up and the boat quit going fast.

We ended up just swimming by the boat. No water skiing or tubing. The tube got too hot and got a hole in it too. We couldn't have done that even if the boat was running.

I went to drop my husband off at the dock to go get the car. Nothing annoys me more than people lounging on the boat docks when people are trying to get there boats in. Because of the reverse issue, I was just going to do a drive by slowly and he was going to jump off. I got too close to the dock and ran up on it a bit(no reverse). The people sitting there were a little freaked out.

I told my husband I chipped a piece off of the dock. He started laughing and told me it was off of the boat. I hit so hard I chipped off the words of what our boat is and part of the top rail.

I am not good at the trailer either and right when I got to the trailer, the boat died on me. The reverse comes in handy when trailering. We had to just pull the boat in with the tie on strap. There wasn't a second chance that day.

We let the kids play on the beach for awhile. No mishaps with my kids happened. Some other lady let her kids in the water without life jackets and one about my 4 year olds age got out too far and started panicking. I was glad I was standing there. I had to grab her and pull her back out.

The kids playing by the beach

Mom and the kids

Dad and his little girl and Ty

It made for quite an eventful day at the lake for us.

2 Flat Tires and 1 Asthma Attack Later

My Sister and I decided to do a trial run yesterday to see if we would be able to make our 35 mile bike ride in 2 Saturdays. 4 Miles into the ride we went over a railroad track and next thing I knew I had not one, but two flat tires. Luckily I just had my husband teach me how to change a flat last week. I have been over railroad tracks several times and never had this happen. I think I am prone to bad things and this bike.

Me, my sister and dad

My parent's were at my sister's house and she called my dad to bring us the bike pump. We both have CO2 cartridges but neither of us were confident in how to use them. Thank goodness they came and got my tires pumped up. We didn't have any more flat tires and no bike wrecks, so I am hoping in two weeks I can do it with no more mishaps.

My dirty hands after changing 2 tires.

I had one asthma attack when we were going along a stretch with a gradually long hill. I am just glad I remembered my inhaler or that could have been a long ride.

I at least know I can do my ride now. I was a little worried.

Kindergarten Graduation and ER Visit

Today was Tyler's Kindergarten graduation. He made it through his first year of school much to his dismay. He does not like school at all. He has a long road ahead of him. He has a great teacher and she has been very good for him.

I was happy that he even sang the songs with his class. Normally he is plugging his ears in the classroom when I am there and they practice.

Later this afternoon, he was riding his bike with my other kids around the block and he crashed on his bike. I think maybe it runs in the family. He decided if he crashed he would make it worth his time though. We ended up going to the ER. It was pretty bad his chin was split open so bad you could see the bone.

The nurses and doctor were very nice and I have never seen him hold still that long in his life.
I will have to post pictures tomorrow. I was in too much of a panic to get any pictures tonight. It was too gross before stitches anyway. He is very brave about the whole thing, I'm sure when that numbing agent wears off he will be complaining some. I am hoping the ibuprofen will stay in his system for long enough to help him rest through most of the night without a lot of pain.

Thankfully this is our first ER visit, and I'm sure not our last. He came home with 11 stitches outside and 2 inside.