Handley, the wake-board girl

All summer long Robby has been talking about trying to get Handley up on the wake-board with him.  I wasn't sure she would really be up for the idea, but he kept throwing it out there.  Every time he would bring it up she'd always say, maybe later.  On Saturday he mentioned it to her and she was all about it.  I figured when and if she got up with him that she would probably start freaking out and start telling him she was all done.  Well, I couldn't have been more wrong.  

After a mini lesson on what to do she hopped in the water with him and was ready.  Robby's parents with us this weekend so Papa drove the boat so I could get some pictures.  They popped right up on the first try and she was all smiles.  We were cheering like crazy for her!  She kept waving to us and then she was getting brave and sticking one foot off the board.  As we passed other boats and people saw what she was doing, they were cheering for her too.  That just made her love it even more.  When she'd had enough Robby scooped her up with one arm, let go of the rope, and slowly sunk into the water.  

We were so proud of her!  She kept saying she was a wake-board girl and that she couldn't wait to do it again.  

First try out this morning she was a little over confident and after being up for a minute or so she kept sticking her feet off the board and ended up wiping out face first.  Needless to say she wasn't thrilled.  She got back in the boat, had a snack, and then we sent her right back out to try again.  We didn't want her to be afraid and to never want to do it again.  This time we reminded her to keep her feet on the board and she did great. 

I totally forgot to bring my Flip video camera with us, but today I realized that my little camera could do a video too. It's kind of long and this was about the 3rd time she had done it, so our cheers had died down at this point.  Still pretty impressive for a 3-year-old though.  :-)


After Handley was back in the boat, Robby went at it alone.

Tonight on the way home we stopped by Bass Pro to get a few things for an upcoming family camping trip (something some of us are thrilled about and some of us, well, not so much. :-) -  more on that later).  We ate dinner after Bass Pro and as we were getting out of the car Handley said, "I'm a wake-board girl and a camping girl."  Let me just tell you, 9 little words could not have made Robby more happy.  I love that she can be such a girly girl and also do the fun outdoor things with her Daddy that he loves so much too.