Tuesday, July 20, 2010

mccall 2010: the ski… and the wipe-outs

 

the old man still has it.

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until he decided to skip his body across the lake…

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don’t worry.  he recovered.  and found his swim suit.

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the husband, who has improved immensely since joining the family.  denten wins the prize for skiing the longest.  his quote as he climbed the swim deck the last day, “man, I love that.”

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the sister, who always has both the best faces and choice words when entering the ice water.

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she wins the prize for being the best skiing sibling, although she claims she skied like a pansy this week.  reason unspecified on this blog at this time.

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the brother-in-law, who provided numerous crashes behind the boat.

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the other sister, who I used to be better than…

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and finally, my son, who made this process as dramatic as his mother used to.  maybe next year, he says…

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yes, the goggles were necessary and the negotiations in the water significant.

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2 comments:

Annika said...

Looks like you had another great family vacation! So beautiful up there!

Emily said...

Ha! "Maybe next year", that is a direct quote from Marky every year when we get out the yellow skis!