(sister) Kelsey Hansen and her family came to Hooper. Larry and Kelsey had made plans to go boating. At first we were going to go to Bear Lake but I am glad we were just able to go to Willard. Bear Lake is prettier but Willard is much more convenient. I like Kelsey's parents, Debbie and Dean and her cute sister Cody. They were really fun and it felt like we were old friends.
Kimleighel and Jared wake boarded first. I had suggested that since they usually have to go with the flow and might even get left out. They had a good time wake boarding even though the water was choppy. Kids don't care so much about 'perfect' conditions. It's fun watching them do 'their thing'.
We pulled the water weenie out next since it was the easiest to get to. Kelsey, Cody, Jared and Kimleighel all rode it and had a great time. I loved listening to their laughter. Everyone's faces showed that they were having fun. As soon as everyone got one Jared told them to lean and so they did....of course they fell over. Jared thought it was hilarious...and it was. We were one of the few boats on the bay today. There was a sailboat and we saw one other boat. I almost felt silly for holding the flag up when they fell in the water but I did it anyway. I'm a rule follower. Larry and Dean went out on the weenie with a few of the kids. It was fun having them out there and I tried my best to tip them over. I succeeded a few times. We lost a flag today and my visor. The flag was behind Kelsey's parents and flew out of the boat. I let Kelsey use my visor to keep the sun out of her eyes and it immediately flew off and was gone. We had an extra flag and I have more visors at home.
Larry had came prepared with yummy treats and lunch. I'm glad I wasn't feeling good this morning so that he had to get it all. He had sandwiches, salads, chips, cookies and drinks. It was really good.
After lunch we took Kimi back to the dock because she had to go to work. She had a good time though while she was with us.
We got the tube out next. We convinced Cody to ride it. At first she acted like she didn't want to. Cody and Kelsey went together and they had fun. Cody stood up and few times on it and the second time she fell and she was done. It was funny to watch her and her parents actually got pictures of her standing. Jared had a good, long ride and then we put everything away and just drove all the way around the bay. It was such a fun day. I was exhausted when we got home though. So weird what being in the sun does to me.
Larry and I went and visited Brent (Larry's brother) when we got home. He looked much better and told us of little things that he is improving on. I guess Tami had a talk with him about focusing on the positive things and things he could do instead of all the things he can't. He said her little talk had made a difference and he is noticing the positive things happening. He told me that he bought the book I wrote...that made me smile.
Larry and I went up to Trichelle's after to talk about Italy. We are making plans to go there with them. Larry had some suggestions to have them think about....like cruising around part of Italy. It's going to be fun!
