Red, White, and Sunburned

The sunburn came out striped cuz of my swimsuit straps, so at least I was festive. All I needed was for someone to punch me in the face, and that would have made my face blue with bruises, and I definitely would have seen stars.

The 4th of July fell on Friday this year, and my BF's sister and nephew came to town for the weekend. Neither have been on a boat, so what better to do than load them up, go as fast as possible, and scare the holy shit out of them? YEAH!

This first picture is of my BF's nephew, snapped right as we pushed the throttle to the max. He started laughing hysterically with excitement. I almost pee'd mysulf just watching that little idiot.

No, he didn't swallow that gum, although at one point he choked on his own laugh.

My BF's sister, who is 36, was equally entertained. After cruising around the lake a bit and assuring them that this sucker is NOT going to tip over, we stopped an anchored near the shore so we could take a swim and cool off, since it was a million degrees out.

My BF jumped in first, wearing a life vest, thankfully, since his nephew (also wearing a life vest) was in the water with him with both arms wrapped tightly around my BF's neck, choking the life out of him while screaming "MOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!" right into his ear.


So we get his sister all strapped into a life vest, and down the ladder she went...and it took some convincing for her to finally let go. First of all, she doesn't know how to swim (I think there is 1 pool in the valley, and it's like an hour away from where they live, and I think its only 4 feet deep), and she has never used a life jacket (so, of course, she didn't trust the damn thing).

With her son already strapped up in a lifevest and screaming bloody murder in the water with his little face smashed up against my BF's face, she finally lets go, and starts floating around in the water. She is VERY unsure of everything, flailing around a bit to keep upright, and she GRABS on to my BF for support, and he starts to sink under the weight, all the while laughing hysterically and telling them to "LET GO!" and "HOLD STILL!" while sputtering water out of his multh. I just took pictures of their idiotness from the safety of the boat. :)

Once his nephew gets comfortable in the water, we let him paddle around in the tube with an oar. We tied the tube to the boat, so he is out in the tube with the oar shouting, "Uncle! DRIVE!!!!!" Yup, he's got the idea already.

We are ready to get back in the boat to take a ride and pull that little idiot behind us on the tube, and it is now almost IMPOSSIBLE to get his sister back in the boat. She is LOVING the coolness of the water, and is swimming all over the place like a damn fish. GET IN THE BOAT, FISH!

So nephew and Uncle get on the tube and I pull them around (albeit slowly) the lake for a little ride. MAN it was hard to resist throwing that sucker at full throttle, wrenching the wheel around for the tightest left turn you ever saw, and sending that tube skipping across the wake with little bodies flying everywhere. But, since he is only 6 (and I am NOT that sick in the head...today), I felt that might be a bit traumatic for the kid, so we putted around at a safe speed. Boring, if you ask me. ;)

My BF and I got to do a little wakeboarding before my shoulders exploded into melting hot lava, and I had to get outta the sun. They STILL feel friggin sweet.

Ouch.