I'm back!

Well, back physically but certainly not mentally.  It’s so tough to return to reality!  We had a really good time – it was awesome to soak up the sun, listen to good tunes and just hang out. We had a change of plans a few weeks earlier and decided to prep the boat.  We had to replace something with the steering and the front deck - good bye several hundred dollars!  But it was so worth it because we ended up taking it to the lake with us.  There were already two boats there but it ended up being really nice to have ours there too.  M got to drive and she was so excited and I just loved watching her.  Throughout my childhood, different members of our family had boats and I remember so vividly how exciting it was to take a boat ride and maybe, just maybe get to steer the boat.   I am so happy that my girls will get those same experiences. 








To me, that’s what family is about – building memories and providing tradition.  We bought that boat, a 26 foot pontoon,   the first year we were married.  It’s big, bulky and slow so I’m sure it seemed like an odd choice to some. But we bought it for the future – we wanted something that we could pile the whole family into.  And it really has been perfect.  Over the years it’s taken some beatings and it’s starting to look a little rough, but I love that boat!

M2, on the other hand, was not too fond of it. Last year she was too little to know or care but this year she was a little scared. Only in the beginning when she first got on – once we started the engine and got going she was fine.  Not really loving it, but she was okay.  She does, however, love the water. Both my girls take after me in that sense – they are both water babies.  I’m not real crazy about swimming in lakes.  I have, plenty of times, but I’m just not fond of swimming in what is essentially a giant toilet bowl. Ughh, I just can’t think about it! 

But when you have little ones that love the water, there are no options – you must get in the water with them.  So I was a little concerned about swimwear.  I have a couple of bathing suits but the water in Oklahoma lakes is red dirt water and everything comes out dingy looking. I have a black bathing suit that was my official “lake” bathing suit but it doesn’t fit and I didn’t think about it in time to actually hunt down something new.  So, I was left with two options – ruin a good suit or go naked. And one of those, the one that involves possible jail time and a whole lot of disgruntled lake people, was not happening. 

But at the last minute I remembered the suit I ordered for our vacation, the ones with the bottoms that were more like half bottoms on me.  Well, I never sent it back; it’s remained untouched in its original package.   So I decided that if I could find some cheap bottoms to coordinate with the top that I could just wear that.  So the day that we left I stopped by Wal-Mart on my way home - just in case.  I wasn’t very hopeful but was giving it a shot and I found something!  And the bottoms are so stinkin cute – I actually kinda love them.  And they were super cheap – like $10.  Triple win! 

I plan to get back to a regular workout routine this week.  And the picture of me in my new bikini bottoms is definitely motivation to actually do it….