Youth Group Lake Party!

Sunday afternoon, the Youth Group had a party at the Sharp family's lake house. We were invited to tag along, so after P and C woke up from their afternoon naps, we headed that way. We had a blast with our peeps:

When we arrived, Daddy A and most of the other partygoers were out on the lake tubing or riding a pontoon boat. Taylor was super nice and took P and C each out on the jet ski. They took their time and were careful, of course. I think P got up to about 18 miles an hour. I hadn't intended for C to go at all - truth be told, I assumed P was too young, but Taylor said he'd go slowly and P would be fine - but C so badly wanted to go, and Taylor said they'd be very slow, and he had on a lifejacket... so C got a short ride as well, but he cruised at roughly 1 mile an hour the whole time.

After singing a blessing (thanks to Youth Group functions, my boys sing virtually all of their blessings before meals, at home or on the road), we dug in to subs, chips, and cookies. Yum! Not the healthiest, but hey, it was a party.

The boys got in and out of the water a few times, as long as someone was willing to hold them. P finally got up the nerve to jump in the lake. He liked it. Then he told C it was his turn, counted to three, and, ahem, pushed C in. He wasn't being malicious, he was just excited. After that, C refused to get back into the lake until about 10 minutes before the end of the party, and then at the close of the party, it took us forever to get C out of the lake.

We headed out on the lake in the Corn family's pontoon boat. P kept his goggles on. He put them on his forehead like they are in this picture when we left the house. He pulled them down over his eyes whenever he was in the lake, and left them on his forehead otherwise until we arrived back home.

C's bad experience with "jumping" into the lake didn't cause his cautious behavior to extend to boats.

Mr. Will let us take a ride in the speedboat while he pulled some of the kids who were tubing. P said he wanted to ride in the speedboat but then we figured out that he wanted to ride on a tube. Mr. Will said he would definitely take him, but he had to think about whether today (Sunday) would be the day. (Sunday wasn't the day, but P was okay with that. Eventually.)

After our boat ride, P was back to "swimmin'" in the lake. He asked that no one "make me be holded" anymore and was dog paddling, jumping, and splashing like crazy. (I hope when he starts swim lessons in a few weeks he isn't discouraged without his life jacket, though.) Our whole family had a blast, and we are so glad we joined the Youth Group for this adventure.

P was quiet on the ride home, and I assumed he was tired. After a minute or two of silence, he said, "Mommy! Do you want to know what I'm doin'?" I replied in the affirmative, and he said, "I'm just sittin' back here thinkin' 'bout all the fun I had at the lake!" Thank you so much, Sharp family!