Horseshoe Bay

Another Labor Day Weekend at Horseshoe Bay was lots of fun! Between the 10 of us there, we covered swimming, skiing, wakeboarding, tennis, golf, cycling, shopping, treadmill, pilates...and several episodes of Thomas The Train.  :)  Clearly fun was had by all.

One evening we enjoyed a nice (and really hot) dinner out at a restaurant on the lake right at sunset.

And we were able to celebrate a pretty big milestone. Trip turned 16! I still can't believe the little baby I got to hold in the hospital right after he was born is already 16. So glad that at that time I was just the girlfriend, but that I've been part of this guy's life from the beginning and am officially in the family now as a proud aunt. :) We all love Trip, but there is a certain little boy in our family who pretty much thinks Trip hung the moon. And that was confirmed when Trip picked a "Turbo theme" on his own birthday cake because he knew Tate would like it. That just sealed the deal. :)

No one had a lighter for the candle, so we did what any 2013 family does in such a situation. We used the iPhone birthday candle. :)

It's such a fun weekend with lots of time out on the lake. I love it because there's a tennis court as well, so I get to throw in a few drills. But the hit of the weekend is definitely being out on the boat.

And this little guy fell in LOVE with the boat this summer. He seems to have no fear out on the water, which is a little worrisome. But nonetheless, he loves it all, jumping off the boat, tubing, and floating around in the lifejacket.

Trip has been rocking the wakeboard for a couple of summers now.

Over the weekend, Mary Tish decided this was the year she wanted to learn how. Wakeboarding is not for the faint at heart and is hard to learn. But she was determined and did it! Not sure who was more excited...her or us??? :)

It was a great couple of days that unfortunately ended on kind of a scary note. Wade & Tate were in one car pulling the boat back home. I was with Will in the other car. We were on a 2-lane road going about 70 mph when all of a sudden Wade (in front of me) has to swerve to miss a huge concrete whoknowswhat that was in the middle of the road. He can't swerve much because of the boat. I'm right behind and him and barely saw it coming. I tried to swerve but didn't have enough time, so I had to drive right over it...at 70 mph. First time in my life I've "flown" in a car. It was the weirdest/scariest feeling.  

Obviously the car didn't appreciate that and the tire AND wheel were destroyed. We were in the middle of nowhere. Amazingly, Tisha & Ford just happened to be driving back by. The next hour was an ordeal including a bad spare tire and "Fix-A-Flat" exploding. But low and behold, Trip's crazy idea worked. 

His bike's air pump and some serious elbow grease saved the day.  :)

So I made it home on a spare and had to go less than 50 mph the rest of the way home. I now have a whole new level of compassion and empathy for anyone driving slow with hazards on.  SO thankful the tire was the only thing that was damaged. I know there could've been much worse outcomes.

And so thankful for a super fun weekend with sweet memories made with a pretty great family.