Throw me the rope.

My family are big fans of the movie, The Princess Bride. (Who isn't?) Whenever we go waterskiing, we use some catch phrases from the movie. The person who is going to ski jumps in the water, then inevitably shrieks because the water is so freakin' cold. After the shrieking subsides, the person sitting at the back of the boat offers, "I theenk I gohsome rrrrope up here..." in Indigo Montoya's thick accent. The skier responds (in Wesley's British accent), "Throw me the rope." You can see this part in the clip below - you'll have to forward it to about one minute, 24 seconds:

Dang, that makes me want to watch that movie ASAP. :) It's the best.

My leetle family went boating with Mom and Dad a couple of weeks ago, and it couldn't have been a more perfect day. It was a Friday, so there weren't too many people there (we went to Palisades Lake, our favorite). And the water was pure glass. Gorgeous. Perfect. Hardly a ripple. What a great ending for the summer!

I love when babies have to wear life vests. The vests always push their little chubby cheeks up:

I'm surprised Micah didn't pitch a fit about wearing his vest.

I went skiing first, because I was scared the beautiful water would turn choppy. You have to take advantage of these things:

Then Ben went wakeboarding, and I seriously fell deeper in love with him:

Doesn't he just look cool??

Then Dad went. I love this shot, because it shows him, at the end of his ski, letting go of the rope and slowly sliding down into the water. That is one of my favorite things to do:

Then the multitalented Ben waterskied. I wish I could rooster tail like that:

We finally talked Dylan into going tubing with Ben. My dad promised to go really slow. Dylan went from nervous:

To scared:

To chin-quivering:

To crying:

To bawling, because we hit another boat's wake and Ben got bounced right off:

A Post Traumatic nap on the way home:

And some slides:

Thanks, Mom and Dad! It couldn't have been a nicer ski day. Viva la Palisades!!!