Water skiing

A few weeks ago, I wish our camera had been working, our very kind neighbors took us out on their boat to go waterskiing. Their son who is 17 years old is a national wake boarding champion. The Dad is extremely kind and very kid friendly. He wanted to give the boys some experience with the water and see if they would water ski.

So we tried Andrew first after a lot of coaxing at first. I knew he wanted to try but was a little skeptical. Our neighbor got in the water with him and helped to steady him until he got going. He almost got up the first time but after a short stretch his skis wobbled and he went down. The next time he wouldn't let go of the rope and drug behind the boat for awhile, poor kid. That was the end of his try but I'm sure he'll try it again next time.

So then Weston who was not quite 5 yet decided that he was going to out do his brother and do this thing! So he got in the water with our friend steadying him and popped up on the first try. He didn't actually stand up all the way but he ended up waterskiing a good 75 yards until he decided to let go. He got up out of the water and that was our first indication of his plan when we said, "Do you want to go again?" and he said, "No, I did it longer than Andrew." Well alrighty then. Wish I had pictures of the boys. They were both amazing!