boating

we spent all day saturday out on Lake Mead. Our awesome home teacher took our family on his boat and it was SO NICE to spend a day away from the "real world" and just enjoy time together. We left at 6:00 am and didn't come home until everyone was wiped out. literally.

The boys jumped off cliffs by the Hoover Dam and we all enjoyed the warm weather (you don't realize it's 110 degrees when you're in the water). The older kids all kneeboarded (Zack was awesome!) but the tube rides were definitely the hit of the day.

Ben took a beating like I've never seen before. Everyone had a turn on the tube, including Sy-Guy and the pregnant woman, but whenever the tube was going, Ben was riding. He wiped out 100 times.. some crashes were so bad that he got his breath knocked out of him, but he wouldn't give up. Sunday everyone was sore, but Ben could hardly walk. His neck was so stiff and I am just grateful he survived some of the wipeouts he had.. It was Keyonna's first time on a boat and we all had THE.BEST.TIME. So grateful for our awesome neighbors! Home teaching on the lake is as good as it gets.