Father's Day

We started out the day by giving Cory his Father's Day present, a T-shirt Joshua and I customized on a website and ordered for him. Joshua came up with the words pretty much on his own - we tweaked it a bit for the finished product. The shirt says, "Fix-It Daddy" above and below says, "He can build or fix just about anything". After church we went right out to the cottage to celebrate with my extended family. It wasn't the most beautiful of Michigan days, but we enjoyed the warm, overcast day. We spent a little time in the water before having lunch and then it was time for skiing and kneeboarding. We even let Matthew skip his nap so he could be part of all the fun. Joshua did the EZ ski for a while behind the jet ski, but didn't have any desire to do it behind the boat this time. I skiied and actually tried dropping a ski, but just couldn't get my foot in the back binding so I would only go several feet and fall. Cory skiied and kneeboarded as did my brother Phil. Cory also tried wakeboarding without much success. Guess we will just have to go back and try a few things again! We ended the day with a leisurely pontoon ride around the lake in which both boys were just giddy running around the boat. We were all exhausted when we finally got home from all the fun of the day. A huge thanks to my uncle and aunt for having us out to their cottage!!
Cory is a fantastic father who loves to spend time with the boys (okay not when the boys are fighting or being annoying, but who could blame him). We are so thankful for a husband/daddy who works hard for his family and puts them as a priority. We are blessed! So thankful that Cory could spend the day just how he wanted....having fun in and on the water!

Helping daddy unwrap his gift.



"Fix-It Daddy T-shirt" from the boys.

Matthew takinga ride on the jet ski with Uncle Phil

Joshua takes a spinning jump into the water while Matthew, my cousin Whitney and her husband Mark watch.

Me skiing.

The spotters in the boat.

Cory skiing and apparently squinting since his contacts were still in.

Aunt Cher and Joshua watching the kneeboarding from the dock.

Cory kneeboarding.

Uncle Phil, Matthew and Joshua laying on the back of the pontoon boat during our ride.

Uncle Steve answering one of Joshua's many questions while on our boat ride.



Videos below of Cory kneeboarding, Phil kneeboarding (and wiping out) and me skiing.