Stranded..........

Headed to the lake late Saturday afternoon. Had to wait for Phil to get home from the Golf Tournament he was in. He took 2nd place in his flight!! Way to go Phil!

It was another beautiful weekend weatherwise. Shortly after we got there we got the boat out & did a little tubing. As I was pulling Lexi & Phil around, the boat stopped on me......and it slowed way down & so water came up on Lexi & Phil in the tube. Lexi got scared & Phil starts yelling at me "what are you doing?!?!" It wasn't ME, it was the boat!! Get them back in the boat & the boat wouldn't start. We were stuck out there. Phil thinks we were out of gas. There was a guy on his pontoon fishing nearby & we started floating towards him. He kept looking the other way! LOL Finally as we get closer to him he says "are you stranded" Yep, we are! He tows us back to our dock. Phil heads to town to get some gas & that was what it was, we were out of gas! We had thought the gas gauge was working, but obviously not!! Glad that it was just that & nothing major wrong with the boat. So the boys headed back out to fish. Or try to. No luck.

Today we did a little tubing. Nick & Eric went together & then Eric got thrown off. Then Phil went with Nick & Nick got scared & wanted to be done so then Phil went by himself & had a blast. He was just a flyin'! Then he hit a huge wave & was thrown off & then the cover of the tube came off. So we were done tubing. Once the cover comes off, it's hard to get it back on with out letting some air out of the tube & then blowing it up again. So we headed near our dock & all just floated for quite awhile. Lexi now just LOVES to sit in a tube & float by herself. Phil did get her in the water & she floated w/ the lifejacket for a second or two. We want her to be prepared in case she'd fall off the tube & know how the lifejacket will hold her up in the water. She's learning. So we were all floating & then Phil took Zander in the water with him & swam back to the dock. They got out & went to take a nap. So the rest of us were left out there tied up to the boat. Stranded again? I thought Phil was going to come back & get the boat to the dock. Nope, he never came back. So after awhile, Eric headed to the boat & broke the ladder as he was getting in. Then I headed back & pulled myself up into the boat somehow. Not an easy task at 7 mos pregnant!! Got everyone back in the boat & drove it up to the dock. This was my first time doing that so a big thing for me!! So then I decided I'd take the boat out for a ride. I wanted to see if I could get it in & out from the dock by myself. So we did a little boat ride & then I got it back to the dock with no problems. So now I know I don't need Phil to help, I can take the boat out myself if I want to!!

I should add I did all this with a broken toe too. Well maybe not broken, but badly bruised for sure. As I was packing the cooler yesterday, a frozen pack of meat fell on my toe. It hurts so bad. I have two toes taped together & the bottom of the one toe is really bruised. It felt so good today when Phil accidentally stepped on it & then either Lexi or Zander bumped it as well!!!