Skiing, Candy, Books, and Roller Coasters

Tuesday, July 23rd

A group went out on the boat to ski but Jill, Meg, and I stayed behind to bring the jet ski a little later.  I still sent along my camera though and I'm glad I did!

The Lund's (ones on the boat) all skied together :)  Uncle John, Jordan, Melissa, and Amanda

I love that Jordan's laughing b/c John's spraying her :)

John and Melissa holding hands - adorable daddy/daughter shot :)

Babes, if I do say so myself ;)

Took us a while to find the boat, but we knew where to find them - there's a cove that typically has really smooth water.

We got there right as the Lund's were finishing up and then Amy jumped in to ski with the Lund girls.

Getting ready.

Mom got this shot of us in the background with Amy and Jordan. Melissa and Amanda got cut out :/

One of Meliss.

Smile!

Next up Jen, Meg, and I took a shot at it.

I had never tried skiing with anyone else.  Myself, Meg, and Jen right after we yelled "Hit it!" I'm bummed that this is the best shot we got with the 3 of us..haha.

Myself and Meg (almost) up...

...realizing we lost Jen.

Letting go to go back for her.

Bryn just sunning on the back of the boat :)

Apparently something was funny..haha.

Someone got this cute shot of Jill and her freckles :)

I just had to put this one up b/c it cracks me up!  Amy and Meg's bum..haha.  That is so Amy!

The younger kids all went out inner tubing after dinner.  Got this shot of the boat and the sun set :)

Aiden climbing the ladder to the club house :)

Our boat headed in for the night.

We played a few games of Super Knockout during the week.

Love that Uncle Rick played with us ;)

Afterward some played a game of 5 on 5.

And even later, after Aiden had gone to sleep, us girls did our traditional Wegman's candy run/scary movie night!

  Holding my little cinnamon bear up ;)

Wednesday, I literally took 2 pictures, so I thought I'd just put them on this post as well.

We all had a slow morning and Trent flew in around 11:30 - YAY!!

We had all noticed the forecast and that it was going to be a chilly day to be in the water (I think it only got to about 70), so we had a different kind of day.  My grandma gave all of us the option of going to get a book from the bookstore and Abbot's (custard) after OR Six Flags Darien Lake.  Most of my family (immediate) chose the former.  I will never pass up getting a new book :)

Before my grandpa passed, he would take us all to get a new book at every reunion and it was such a treat!  I think he really instilled a love of reading in each of his grandchildren.

The bookstore group (thankfully Jill got this pic)!

I got P.S. I Love You (surprisingly I had never read it before!), Trent got To Kill a Mockingbird (which I'm excited about b/c that's probably my favorite book), and Aiden got The Very Busy Spider (and he loves it!).  Thank you Grandma!

Going to the book store was actually really fitting because that day was my Grandpa's birthday (July 24th)!!  After we got our books my grandma took us all to his grave so we could reminisce, sing "Happy Birthday" and drop some flowers by.  We miss him!

Amber was the only one of us girls that went to Six Flags.

Closer shot of us.

Meg flew out after this and the rest of us got Abbott's.

That evening we went on a night boat ride.  It was SO COLD, but so fun to get all bundled up and cozy in comforters and blankets :)

Love these girls so much!

So glad Jordan got this shot!