08-06-11 - Lake trip with youth

Today was our annual lake trip to welcome up the new 7th graders to the youth group.  I didn't want Anna Claire to be out in the heat all day without a good place to nap, so I drove down around lunchtime with Donna Granberry to join them.  Boy, did Anna Claire enjoy her outing!!  She splashed in the water, played in the sand, had about a million teenagers to cater to her every whim, and we even rode on a boat. (SCARY!)  She had a BIG day!! 

The boat ride SOUNDED like a good idea to me, until I actually got on there with her.  It was Brett Hutchison's boat, and it's a normal small bass-style boat.  (Probably has a "real" name, but I don't know anything about types of boats! haha!)  Anyway, the low sides and vinyl/leather-ish seats with pulling a skier was just too much for me.  She was squirming like crazy, not liking how tightly I was holding her.....then, when Brett would curve for the skier, my side of the boat would go lower into the water and I would lean.....I only had one arm to hold her with because I had to stabilize myself on the boat itself......SCARY!  I kept thinking about Bill Clayton's story about when Diane was two and fell into the water and he couldn't see her - he would say that he prayed, "Lord, I can't save what I can't see!"  I saw the dark water and felt very insecure.  She won't be riding on a boat again without a life preserver, I can say with certainty - not until she can swim WELL!!  I ended up getting in the floorboard between the seats and that was MUCH better because we were wedged in and I could use both arms to hold her.  Then you know what Stinkerpot did......she fell asleep!!!  Silly baby!!

Andy rode the kneeboard and skiied behind Brett's boat - that was cool.  He spun around on the kneeboard, which really surprised/impressed me!  He's always been a pretty fair water sports person though, much better than I am/ever was!