Birthday Weekend

Friends are the sailors who guide your rickety boat safely across the dangerous waters of life. ~Sare and Cate

Tomorrow morning we are headed to the lake with our good friends the Medinas and Dave. This will be our 3rd annual trip. 5 adults with 3 kids in a small cabin, can't get any better than that!

Of the past years we've made some really good memories...

Poor Mark can't catch a fish to save his life. He catches turtles instead.
The first year he was fishing in the dark down at the dock and didn't have a hold on his pole. Something caught it and took off with it! So we all joke it was the big one that got away - a turtle that is!!! Last summer my nephew was swimming in the cove and found it! We all were in shock that it was still around.

Last year was the first year Mark & Dave got on the tubes. Oh my goodness, we laughed and laughed and laughed some more. They hadn't been tubing in YEARS. We took them over some great wakes causing them to flop like fish out of water. Needless to say they were sore for the next couple of days.

So sore that the next day I went down to the dock where the boys were fishing and Dave had his pole on his lap. I asked why he wasn't fishing and he told me it hurt to cast out. So I said, "Well, you could move to the side of the dock and just drop your line in the water here." - He did and caught a fish! He couldn't even reel in it hurt so bad.

On top of muscle pain, Dave was terribly sun burnt too! Brian and him looked like twins! A couple of white guys with a gut & a burn.

The Medina kids are afraid of me driving the small SeaDoo boat as I go too fast for them. Last year Lisa and I were having a good ole time going fast and laughing while the kids are crying "tell her to slow down!!!".

Oh and how can I forget about the first year Brian drank beers with Mark. The next morning he woke up with all kinds of hives. We couldn't figure out what it was from. We got to the point of either it was Mark he was allergic to or the beer!

I'm looking forward to making more memories this year - it's always a blast. Dave and Mark have been buying & stocking beer since last month so they wont run out.

We'll head to the store on the way down for groceries. We normally make pancakes one morning and B&G the next. Cold cut for lunch and grill dogs and burgers. Mark is going to smoke a brisket this year - what a treat!

Tonight, Lisa and I are going to Girls Night Out at the K. Looking forward to it, besides good seats - we also get a pink Royals cap, pink Royals shirt and an adult beverage! Oh La La!!! :) They're playing Tampa tonight, so I'm not sure we'll be seeing a win.

Be safe and have a great weekend!