Ella had never swam in a lake so I thought for sure she would be a little intimidated, but she was not. She is quite the little fish this summer.
We literally swam for almost 5 hours straight.
Getting ready to jump in.
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Ella and Toby on the boat.
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Me and my good friend Melissa.
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Bear, Melissa's son, and Ella both passed out on me. At this point we had already been swimming for 4 hours, so the boat definitely lulled them to sleep.
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Heath driving the speed boat.
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Ella was so unbelievably brave all day in the water! She even jumped off this dock to Heath.
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And I just have to say, I know this picture seems random, but if you look up the stairs, there is another dock up top. It's about 20 feet up from the water and I jumped off it. It took much to pump me up, but I have this competitive nature in me and usually it's just against myself. I do not like to chicken out of things. It's kind of like an OCD thing. No matter how scared I am, I force myself to do it. So I did and it was okay. I didn't repeat it, but it satisfied my crazy self enough just doing it once.
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It was a great day!
5 comments:
How fun! You guys are making such great memories for Ella.
Had so much fun with you girl and your sweet family!
Wow, I'm impressed by your jump! Love the swimmies on Ella!
What a great day! You didn't even tell me that you Actually DID jump!! Way to go!! :)
so fun! I love the pic of Ella and Bear asleep on you. So sweet.
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