Not a 100% Boatin Weekend, but it works

Jonathan, Big Joe & I all had a bet Friday on what time Joel would get home "early". As you see, since moving to the lake, Joel NEVER gets off early like he used to. So he told us during dinner Wednesday night that his boss said he should come in late on Thursday morning, Joel said "Nope, I am leaving early on Friday!" Yea.....right. The family has heard that before. His idea of early is coming in the door 10 minutes earlier than he normally does. So when we heard this, we all decided to place our bets. The stacks were high......1st person that lost the bet was going to have to cook dinner and the 2nd loser was going to have to clean the kitchen after dinner. So I chose 5:15 pm as my time, Big Joe chose 6:00 pm & Jonathan had the most confidence in him & chose 6:30 pm. His normal arrival time is 7:15 pm. I was the winner when he actually arrived at 4:34 pm!!!! Holy Crap!!! We didn't even get to enjoy it because this was a rarity. I had a conversation that afternoon with Sheldon, who was on his way to get his lunch of Chinese food, so throughout the whole day I have Chinese stuck in my brain. So off to Rice Lake we went for Chinese Food. Turned in early thinking it was going to be a beautiful Saturday for boating.

Boy, were we sure wrong.........we were all set with lunch, boat food & beverages to go boating. We waited & we waited.......and waited for the clouds to blow away and get some good old fashion sunshine. Finally around 1:30 pm Joel, Jack, Lilly & myself hopped onto the old party barge loaded with sweatshirts, towels & blankets. Once we got over to Pokegama the wind died down & we actually were able to enjoy ourselves. We had a good ole crawl down the shore line. Went through the draw & once we came out to Prairie it was very nice & the sun came out! Went up to Lion's Den & putted our way home around 6:30 pm. Had dinner, watched a couple of hilarious movies and headed to bed.

On father's day, Joel celebrated his day by working on completing the laundry room. By early afternoon we were ready to go out on the boat, but some unexpected news put him in a crabby mood, he decided to continue to working for awhile. Eventually we made it out on the boat for a relaxing ride & time to reflect on friendships & who really are our friends.........

Hope all the Dad's had a fabulous Father's Day with their children & family doing what they all enjoy doing together......

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Joel, Amy & Jonathan