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Boating

It was a beautiful September here in the PNW!  It seemed like every weekend was just perfect and we enjoyed being out and about as much as possible before the rain sets in! 

On one of our nicest weekends we headed out on our friends Taunia and Bryce's boat with our good friends the Stewarts too.  We packed the kids a picnic and made our way on Lake Washington to Kirkland where after docking and getting the kids settled we ordered some take out for the way home from The Beach House.  

It was a beautiful night with clear views of Rainier.  The kids loved tubing their way to Kirkland and just enjoying the ride.  

 She was a little unsure at first but settled in quickly

Sam, Dorian and Claire...our little first graders!

All the kids (minus Eliza )hitching a ride up front



Tubing!

Eliza stayed off the tub and snuggled instead...but liked getting her toes wet on the boat platform

Drew was in charge of balancing the tube!

We had such a great time.....it was simply one of those nights that you didn't want to end.  Good friends, good conversation, a beautiful Seattle evening and happy kids.  As we made our way down the slew back to our friends house it was dark and quiet and the kids just loved sitting upfront watching the moon and stars.  

It was so nice that we did it again the next day!!!

Bryce has a wake surfing company and designs wake surf boards.  Drew has wanted to try to wake surf for ages but it has never worked out.  So Sunday after church we popped on the boat again to get him in the water.  He was coached that it might be tricky to get up if he was used to wakeboarding and that there would be no way he would be able to let go of the rope on this outing. 

I was so proud of Drew - he did awesome!  I love that he just has an athletic ability to catch on to things quickly.  After he popped off right away and started cutting into the wave Taunia was shocked and said she had never seen someone do so well their first time up.  Turns out his surfing days gave him quite an advantage.  

He got in quite a few runs and after the wakesurfing and even managed to drop the rope a couple times!  The kids were pretty patient while the adults played but by the end were clammering for more tubing so they got their turn for fun too.  It was another beautiful day to be out on the water - big thanks to the McDonald's for taking us out!


Once there was slack on the rope it showed that you were actually surfing without the support of the rope.  This is right before Drew was able to drop the rope!





Cole loved the tube.  He didn't want to get off!


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