heber springs

we spent two days at the lake with good friends of ours, the jones' family (coach shawn, bev, gwen, and evan). unfortunately chris had to stay home and work, but the kids and i took advantage of summer freedom and headed to heber springs. actually we were in fairfield bay, but it's all a part of greers ferry lake. we had a blast swimming, tubing, skiing, and cliff jumping.

cooper was too small for the ski's, but taegan and manuel popped out of the water on their first try. i didn't get a picture of taegan up because i was in the water coaching her...who knew she'd get up on the first try. the only problem with that is that i was left behind, bobbin' in the water with my hand in the air...hoping a boat doesn't run over me. i learned my lesson when it was manuel's turn. good thing, because he ski'd forever. we had to stop the boat so he'd quit. they both absolutely loved it!

tubing proved to be a hit with all the kids. it was such a hit that taegan broke her toe...yet that didn't stop her from having a good time. it was like a repeat of pickwick back in june when i broke my rib. no matter the pain, we were both determined to do it all.

my favorite was cliff jumping. what a thrill from the freefall! believe it or not, after all the other kids chickened out when they looked over the edge, cooper walked right out and jumped. i was so surprised by his bravery. after he jumped, it didn't take long before everybody else got the nerve to do it. most went back to do it a second time! it's such a "rush"!