Colin's Christmas Program

Colin has been playing the Clarinet for two years in the school band. He played this year in the school Christmas program.

See that nice outfit he's wearing? He had a MONTH to give us the paper telling us what he should be wearing and he gave it to us THE NIGHT BEFORE the program. Talk about scrambling to find a solid red, long-sleeved shirt around Christmas time!

There was a very cool "stomp"-like presentation during the program.

Another Weekend at the Lake!

We went to the Lake for Labor Day and Colin spent his time fishing and riding the wave runners. He caught a largest bigmouth bass with Nicholas' help. Colin's line was too weak to pull the bass out of the water so Nicholas scooped it with the net.


Colin had his second weekend riding the waverunners solo. He is an absolute natural. His Papa couldn't believe how great his control of the waverunners is. (Although like any 11 year old, Colin tends to get a bit confident and gets too close to the dock - Mom took care of that with a little yelling!)

Colin did manage to spend some quality time with his grandfather, who stayed with us that weekend to oversee some repairs to the house.

All-in-all, Colin had a great time and will have some great childhood memories.

Freedom of the "Sea"

We went to the Lake this past weekend and since Colin is a bit over 11 and has been driving the waverunners for over 5 years now (with me behind him helping to drive) I asked him if he wanted to try an drive on his own. He took like a fish to water. He really enjoyed the freedom and rode ALL weekend.