Tubing on Claytor Lake

For the first 3 years we lived here, we never went to Claytor Lake. Then 2 years ago when we had family and friends here for Ethan's baptism, we went out there and rented a ski boat and had a blast. We had totally been missing out those first 3 years! Last year for Braden's 30th birthday we rented a pontoon boat. So to cap off our July 4th weekend, the Freels and Holloways rented a ski boat and had a really great day.

We started off with some skiing.

Okay, only Amy and I skied. And let this be a lesson to you all...if you have an infant that NEVER.wants.to.be.put.down (and therefore makes your lower back hurt all the time), it may not be a good idea to go water skiing (thus making your lower back hurt even more). But oh well, it was fun anyway.

We put the skis away and picked up a 2 person tube (actually you can fit 4 children on it). Then we spent the rest of our boating time going tubing. We let Ethan and Blythe ride together by themselves.

Okay, just kidding. We're not THAT irresponsible. Braden rode with them. Looks like they are having a blast!

If you're wondering how Brynn did on the boat, you can just keep on wondering. No, actually she didn't ride on the boat. We took turns hanging with Brynn on land under a shade tree. She usually is asleep most of the late morning/early afternoon, so we thought it would a chance for each of the adults to lay down and relax. But alas, she wanted to stay awake almost the whole time. Anyway, after my "Brynn shift", I got to do some tubing with Ethan.

Ethan loved going tubing. He also liked being on the boat....he found it relaxing.

Maybe a little too relaxing. Needless to say, we had a couple of REALLY worn out kiddos!