Middleton Boating

Our fav adventuring family, the Middletons, invited us boating for Labor Day and you better bet we were THERE FOR IT! We love these friends of ours and a day on the water with them was a dream. Not only did the kids get up on the knee board and have a chance to ride on the tube, but I learned how to SURF behind the boat! Technically I only was able to get up on the surfboard but would crash anytime I tried to let go of the rope, but still - it was pretty awesome to learn something new. (Especially because anytime I've ever tried to wake board I've just crashed and burned.)

Reasons why we love the Middletons:
-They always are kind and uplifting. We leave feeling like a million bucks.
-Their kids are exactly the kind of kids you want your own kids to hang out with. They are supportive, kind, funny, and engaged with the world around them.
-They make us want to be better, kinder, more empathetic, more faithful people.
-They are super funny and make us laugh.
-They don't care that they are 100% too cool to hang out with us, they like us anyway.
-We can be exactly who we are.
-We can talk about gospel topics mixed right in with all the other things.
-They speak positively about their kids and parenting which is so encouraging.
-The four of us get along and don't tend to separate into boys and girls.
and a new one:
-Because they take us boating with them.

Lydia:

Shantel on Surfboard:


Boating Shenanigans:
















Such a beautiful day with beautiful people. I grew up loving the water, and even though my kids won't have the same life experience that I had growing up - I hope that they will learn to love being on the water and feeling the sunshine on their face, the wind in their hair, and the feel of jumping into the middle of a cold lake before the exhilaration of being pulled behind a speedboat.