Kneeboarding...or not?

3 days ago I went boating with my family. I'm happy to say that I did get up on slalom however don't have any pictures to document it. This trip I tried something new though. My sister did it first and was much more successful than I was so I have to give her the credit but I tried standing up on a kneeboard.

Boating Bruise

About a week and a half ago we went boating with my family. Jonathan has decided that he wants to learn to slalom (ski with just one ski) so he was giving it a try. The way my family all learned was by dropping a ski so naturally that's they way we were teaching him.

He got up and got comfortable on 2

He then barely lifted one ski up to practice balancing on just one ski. He did fine when he lifted up his left ski, but then decided to see if he would be even more comfortable lifting up his right ski. When he did, it caught the water funny and the ski came across and whacked his leg. He said it hurt really bad but went skiing again anyway.

While we were still on the boat we could see a big, golf ball sized lump on his leg. Over this past week though it become more discolored and bruised.

Long Overdue

Earlier this month Jonathan and I headed to California for a Snow Family Reunion. Before the actual reunion officially started, we had a pre-reunion with most of the family at Disneyland and a Dodgers game.

The reunion was at Big Bear Lake in California. We stayed in a bunch of little cabins on the lake. One day we went boating, went on water slides and an alpine slide the next day, and went hiking another day. Each night we had some sort of family game. It was great to be with the family especially since we don't get to see Jonathan's side of the family too often.

Here are a bunch of pictures from the trip...

Pre-family reunion at Disneyland - 26 of us went together.

Our nieces and nephews

Jonathan's high score at the Buzz Lightyear game

Main Street, Disneyland

3 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT DISNEYLAND...

1 - Everyone and everything is in character - costumes change from ride to ride, how they introduce the ride is specific to the ride, and an atmosphere is created while waiting in line.

2 - Attention to detail - the fonts, the paint, the type of trash can, and the speakers all fit the ambiance of the ride.

3 - Each ride holds so many people so the lines go quickly. And on top of that, they offer fast passes which make the lines even faster.

An example of what you see while waiting in line. They really set the mood. Tower of Terror

Our group was big enough for a personal welcome from Dodger Stadium.

The Actual Family Reunion

Where we stayed - Shore Acres Lodge

It went from a beautiful day to out of nowhere hail. All the white stuff on the seat is hail.

Jonathan going down the water slide.

Getting ready to do down the alpine slide

The whole group on our hike.

A Snow tradition - the game of Rubberbands (basically a big rubber band fight)