Water skiing with the big boys!

Quite a few weeks ago we went up to Jordanelle with Ron, Mike (roscoes boss and they are also 2 members of our Bishopric) Ted, Roscoe and I. The other wives were going to come also, but Wendy needed to be with her mom and Holly just decided to leave me in the dark with all these boys. I was so excited to get on the boat minus any children, it has been YEARS since I have been any where near a boat without little ones. It was SO FUN! Mike and Ron have been water skiing for YEARS. They have been "fast" friends as Mike put it since they were 5. SO COOL!! Anyway..ted has not been on the water for over 10 yrs and Roscoe and I have only been a few times with me only trying it one other time. I was impressed with the "old" guys who put us "young" kids to shame. You should have seen them out there going back and forth over the wake. Ron would finish his runs with a front flip that nearly gave me a heart attack. The water was beautiful smooth as glass and also FREEZING! You had to be a MAN to handle the water skiing they did. After my one attempt in water I nevr did get warm again until I was home and had a HOT shower. Again I know I say this ALL the time but we truly are surrounded with some of the GREATEST people you could ask for. What a great time!
Who knows what they were laughing at..most likely me and my attempts to get up in the ice water.

Me Before I turned into a popsicle. it was incredibly relaxing. There is nothing like being on the water. What a stud! Check Mike out he was all over the water..then tried to tell us how bad he was out there. He rocked!Then there was Ted in his itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini..this is his water suit from when he was a kid. It was so tight he waddled when he walked. As I mentioned before he has not been on the water in over 10 yrs, but he was able to get right up and had a blast!This is me FREEZING! My finger tips were numb! I never did get all the way up, I think I will be able to next time. Nobody mentioned (i guess I should have just known) that as soon as you feel the pull that you should keep your arms pulled tight up to you and not let the go straight. I kept letting my arms go straight and of course that would send me straight over onto my face. I ROCK!!
This is Ron showing EVERY single one of us just how solem(?) ski. It was fun to watch Ron out there because he really is so good and he LOVES it!I like this picture because it shows the beautiful colors on the mountain behind us..wich then can show just how cold it was that day. I think the high in the city that day was in the mid 50's. BBBRRR!!!The Boss!!

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