Friday was spent covering freight in the morning and cleaning the house in the afternoon. Sheldon & his kids, Shea and Ashley arrived around 5:00 pm. Once we got them settled in, we waited for Joel to get home from work. We grilled out for dinner, cleaned up dishes and headed for a cocktail cruise. fter a nice night on the boat, we all turned in early in preparation for a day on the boat.
Saturday after breakfast, we got the jet ski fueled up, boated load and coolers packed. Big Joe stayed back to wait for Kevin, Nicole and kids, Lisa & Matthew to arrive. Once they got in, he shuttled them to the sand bar in his fishing boat. The lake was very choppy, but we made due. The day was fabulous with friends, sun, boating and beer. Once dinner was done, we once again headed out for a evening boat ride.
What's a weekend without some rain! Sunday we started by dragging out feet hoping that the rain would stop so we could hit the lake again. No go on that idea.........so the adults went & hit up the craft sale at the airport (Chetek had their town celebration - Liberty Fest this weekend) It started to look as if it was going to start clearing, so we continued onto the flea-market in the outskirts of town. After that we bee-lined down to Leinie Lodge in Chippewa Falls for some beer tasting. We bought a couple of can coolers to replace the ones that seem to get lost. Can be in Chippewa Falls without making a stop at Olson's for a "homaid" hand dipped ice cream cone. After arriving back home the rain had stopped and the sun was slowly started to peek out in time to be able to go out in the boat & watch the fireworks.
We awoke to a sunny day on Monday morning. Big Joe made us home made pancakes with fresh blueberries for breakfast. Yum! Next we started the drill to prepare for heading out on the boat. We spent the afternoon at the island having lunch, cocktails, jet skiing and swimming. Once back, Sheldon & the kids got cleaned up so they could head em' out to go to their grandma's house. Jonathan and a new friend, Jenna joined us on the dock for some additional jet skiing. I think Joel & Jonathan were having a "dumping" contest to see if they could dump their passengers. Joel first dumped Lisa.....then Jonathan dumped Jenna.....then Joel dumped Nicole......and Jonathan dumped Lisa........and then Jonathan dumped Jonathan (he really jumped off, but we can't tell Jenna that) while Jenna stayed on. Then around 5:00 pm it was time to say goodbye to Kevin, Nicole, Lisa and Matthew. After a long goodbye.........our house was quiet. Now it was the start of laundry to prepare for Nancy, Michael and Hannah to come on Wednesday. They will be with us until Saturday morning and Kevin & Nicole are coming back Friday to spend the weekend with us kid-less! During the planning stage..... Kevin, Joel & I decided we needed to have an intervention for his brother Keith. Over the last couple of years that Keith has been married he has lost his identify.....which we are willing to help him find. Keith........we are coming for you :)
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Joel, Amy & Jonathan
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