Treading Water

After two straight days in the 90 degree sun Ciara decided that it was time to have an indoor day. That was until 10ish when her good friend Janet called and invited us over to her place for a day on China lake. After an hour splashing around in the shallows, Ciara worked up the nerve to go tubing. I had told her a childhood memory of losing my shorts during tubing...she was paranoid that she would lose the bottoms to her two piece resulting in a girls only trip around the lake. Understandably, she did not want to be bottomless around former students.

After her trip around the lake, Richard took Marie and I out on the little sail boat. I want one of these lake cruisers. The wind had picked up by this point in the afternoon so we were getting some pretty good speed. Richard was patient with me as I helped man the ropes. Everything was going well until I got the bright idea to jump out of the boat. The wind was too strong to get the boat back to me. They eventually left me to my own devices in the middle of the lake. I was able to back float to a nearby point.

Exhausted, I was informed that we had been invited to dinner. Burgers...yum. Janet pulled together a delicious dinner while helping Ciara and Richard to teach a new song to family friend Churchill. Beth, our new babysitter, whether she knows it or not, played with Rylan. Aden was teaching Marie how to drum. Aden excels at drumming....something about the freedom provided by complete nudity allows him more flexibility.











As dinner neared, the music shifted. Richard and Marie worked to find a duet. Ciara, every the star and not to be upstaged by the French adolescent kicked Marie off the piano bench and showed off her skills. Aden continued to give drumming lessons, but with Churchill his student. We completed the jam session and ate dinner. Aden was pleased with his baby burger, but more entertained by the construction zone in the sandbox. Overall a great day. We are fortunate to have friends like the Prestons.