Phillips Family: Phillips Family Fun

So, Reed finally bought a boat. And what fun we have already had on it! Reed and I took the day off from work last Friday and took the boat out for our date. We packed the cooler and headed to Lake Moultrie. What a peaceful afternoon we had on the lake: gnawing on tuna sandwiches, slurping up ripe peaches and sipping Capri Suns. The water was just the perfect temperature.

We took my parents and the girls out on the boat two days later and enjoyed every minute of it! We had prepped Emily for the experience by letting her put her "cacket" (life jacket) on every evening and going to play on the boat parked on the side of the house. It only took her once and she was begging to get on the boat every night. She was a little apprehensive about the boat on the water at first, but then saw the "buh-bulls" being made by the motor and was hooked. We had no trouble keeping her in her life jacket; she looked pretty comfy. She tried swimming with Daddy once, but immediately wanted back on the boat. But a couple hours later, she was ready to try again, and she loved it! Ally, of course, took to swimming easily. After a while, she didn't want her noodle anymore and just swam around in circles around Daddy. She loved swimming the best, but she also got to drive the boat with Daddy and had a blast! Here are some pictures we took: