How I spent my summer vacation

Attendees: Me, Josh, rugrats, Michelle, Jacob, Laurie, Austin, Mom, Cindy
Location: Possum Kingdom, Texas



I'll just start with the best- Emma is not posing for this picture. This is just the expression she had on her face anytime the boat moved faster than an idle.

All the kids enjoyed a little fishing, with little results- each of the girls caught two of the smallest catfish in existence- I swear, maybe 2 inches in length each.

Well, Dex tried to enjoy the fishing, but the fishing pole was just so much bigger than him...

I enjoyed some quality time with the person who had better turn out to be my brother-in-law, or I will kick him in the balls. We have a special relationship. (Immediately after this picture, he complained about how bad my finger stunk.)

The other future brother-in-law rags on me with much less regularity. And we tease him alot less. Why is that? Poor Jacob gets the brunt of our... affection. With time, I'm sure I'll be threatening to kick Austin in the nuts too.

Josh's sister Heather even came out for a day. (The kids still insist that her name is aunt Feather. She doesn't seem to mind.)

The gang on the boat, with Josh hiding from the sun.

This is my MOM. MY MOM. Does she rock, or what?
There are pictures of me wakeboarding (yes, I can. No, it is not graceful.), but if you have seen me in person, you know that it would be unkind to subject the general public to pictures of me in a bathing suit. Gah, the knobby knees. Gahhh, the whitest white legs. You get the idea.





This:
was a bad idea. Everyone wound up with skinned elbows and whiplash. And I am in the middle because that is the only way they could keep me from flying off of the damn thing. I swear, everytime we hit a wake, every part of my body flew up into the air. When we turned a corner, I slipped off the side. When we were done I was sore and bruised. Somewhere along the line, I had fun, but I can't remember when or why.

It was a cool weekend. Everyone spent a little too much time in the sun, and almost everyone drank a little too much. (Lusty and Sassypants, I'm talking to you...)

I know I am incredibly biased, but I have the coolest family in the world. The are fun to be around (most of the time), and pretty laid back (some of the time), and quick to call me on my crap (all of the time). I especially have the coolest sister in the world. Thank you for being one of the few people who really gets me , seester. (and isn't totally grossed out)

That's as close as I can comfortably get to mushy.