Last Day of Summer...

Dan's a natural wakeboarder!!

His signature move.

Smile!

My nephew Christian wanted some lemonade.

Us after my huge wipeout...I look nasty.

That's me on the tube with my nephew's legs flinging in the air.

Dan, Christian, Devin, and Jim.

It all began on a bright and sunny Saturday afternoon. It was our last day of freedom before school started. Dan's brother Matt took us out on his boat at Pineview with his 3 boys, Dan's brother Jim, his wife Angela and their 2 kids. Matt brought a huge 3-man tube for us to ride before we went wakeboarding. It was my first ride of the day out on the water. I climbed on the tube all excited and ready to go! With me was my nephew Andrew and Matt's neighbor. It was really crowded on the lake. There were boats everywhere and we hit every single wake! We were flying and bouncing all over the place! It was so much fun, I could not stop laughing! Before I knew it, we hit a wake sending all of us high in the air as the tube flipped over. We all crashed into the water. My nephew was crying so I grabbed him and started swimming to the boat. My head was throbbing, but didn't think much of it. As we got closer to the boat, everyone was focused on me. They all told me I was bleeding. Immediately I thought of the worse case scenario that my ear had ripped off. I climbed onto the boat as Dan examined my head. That huge crash had caused my ear to split open, right along the inside crease. It was still bleeding, so they wrapped some ice in a towel to stop it. My ear didn't hurt much, it felt like someone had clobbered me on the side of my head. Soon, my body started going into shock. I could feel myself getting really light-headed and very tired. My face was turning pale and I thought I was going to pass out. But everyone took good care of me. They gave me some lemonade to get some sugar into my body. I laid down in the boat with my feet up so the blood would rush back into my head. Dan was a wonderful husband and sat next to me never leaving my side, making sure I was alright. After a few minutes, I got back up and felt much better. Luckily, it wasn't too serious of an injury to stop the boating trip, so everyone still got to go wakeboarding. Dan was able to go out on the water as I took pictures. For his second time wakeboarding, he did an awesome job!! My 7 and 9 year-old nephews were able to get up on the wake board! The day was more chaotic than we expected, but it definitely ended our summer with a bang!!