Jacobs 10th Birthday!

Wow! Can you believe he is 10? All Jacob wanted was to take his friends tubing on the lake. So, we packed everything up, waited for Rob to get off work, and off we went. It was a windy day, but we had called the lake to see if the launch ramp was still open. They said yes, so it was a go. We got there, paid, and drove onto the ramp, where we were immediately greeted by a running lifeguard. He informed us that the lake had shut down launching because of high winds. He must have seen the look of disappointment on my face (the boys as well) as we stared at him with mouths open. He said, he would let us if we were really careful and we came back a little early because people were having trouble getting their boats back on the trailers. We agreed so off we went! We had a blast! It was not enough time, but all the boys were able to ride a few times. We came back early as asked, and as the lifeguard had said, it WAS NOT EASY! There were white caps on the waves, the boat came in sideways, and we all jumped in the water to SAVE THE BOAT! Eventually all was well, but some scary times were had. After we got the boat on the trailer, we had to help some other people do the same thing! The lifeguard that had warned us was one of the people who helped us. He asked us (as we were up to our chests in the water) if it had been worth the couple hours on the lake, and of course we said ABSOLUTELY! Just to see the boys faces, and the fun time Jacob had- it was all worth it!