This year is the first time in 5 years I have not spent my fourth in the city in my usual way. The 4th is Jodi’s favorite holiday and that is because her family throws the best 4th of July party at their lake house. It has been a tradition in their family since before Jodi could walk, and thus has grown to a lot of folks and a lot of fun. So this year the party stretches from this past weekend till next.
So I headed down to Lake Anna late on Friday night to experience my first ever Weatherton 4th of July extravaganza. The team of Mom’s that had assembled were awesome, I am talking breakfast, lunch and dinner made for you and it was amazing! The Dads ran the boats and took us out tubing since the water was so choppy and there were so many boats skiing was not really an option. Tubing was a blast; I think Jodi may be a professional tuber and never told me. I did not think there could be an art to the tube, but lo and behold she proved me wrong. Watching her and her brother or friend Joel out there put any of my crossing the wake and catching an inch of air to shame.
We laid out in tubes by the dock and chatted, I may or may not have fallen asleep on the dock while I was intending just to dry off from being in the water, and became as red as a lobster on my chest. I got the meanest splinter in my life in my left foot and still carry some of it in there even now as after over an hour of “surgery” the whole thing could not be removed without putting me under general anesthesia. We also went out in the boats on the lake for the fire work show on Saturday night. The folks on the pontoon thought they had it good and we were stuck in the little ski boat, but then when theirs died in the water and we had to tow them back in, in the dark we were glad to be on the ski boat! It was humorous to watch the whole processes but Mr. Weatherton is a pro and got everyone in safely!
I included some pics below of the fun, and will post more later this week. Heading back down there Tuesday night with my friend David who is in town for the week! And some other friends, and then back the next weekend! Lots of fun and time at the Lake! WHOOP!
Bri Anne, Melissa Tiffany, Me and Jodi
Tiffany not happy to be in the tube but still truckin through! 
Jodi and I getting ready to tube
The Girls on the Boat 
Jodi and Joel planning and intense tubing move 
Joel out! 
The Wonderful Mom's that cooked for us all weekend! 
Heading out to see the fire works
Hard to see but this is us towing in the pontoon, with a ski rope as we had nothing else to use! 
3 comments:
Now that is the ultimate way to spend the 4th of July. Did you know that if you put neosporin on a splinter that it will work its way out? It works! I wish my mom had known that all those years that she dug those bad boys out with needles. Have fun with Dixon!
hi michelle! just wanted to leave you some love. the picture way down of you with tape all over your face made me laugh so hard people came over to my desk. (i would've left the comment on that one, but you wouldn't have seen it.) i wish blogspot would tell you when you have new comments. help a sister out! i need to know how popular i am!! jk. miss you girl.
hey michelle!
ran across your blog from casey henegars. always fun to find someone new and catch up on their life thru a blog, right? :) sounds like life is pretty good for ya!
-kate mccoy
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