I'm on a boat!!!!!!!!!

Our trip to Dale Hollow this year was amazing. We had such a great time together by ourselves the first few days. It is so peaceful and beautiful on that lake. Then our friends Jordan, Brian, Josh and Justin came down to join us on Wednesday night. My sister, Heather, and Eric's brother, Nick, came down Thursday night to join in the good time and celebrate July 4th. Good times! For all of you out there who have heard the oh so fantastic song "I'm on a boat!"......Well, let me just say, it was played a few times while drinking the days away in a cove. In fact, we quoted it quite often at all times during the trip. LOL

Eric and I have really found a love for being on the water on our boat. I was a little worried about spending an entire week boating everyday....but, I loved it. I wish Dale Hollow was a little closer so we could go more often. The lakes around here just don't compare. We hope to plan a trip like this every year now. And we are hoping to get down there at least one more time this year!

Here is Eric trying out the rope swing in a cove that we found. He had a lot of fun with this. I, on the otherhand, did not attempt it. Chicken, I know.

What a life.... just floatin' in a cove.

Eric wakeboarding. He got much better on this trip! Again, not attempted by me! However, I did attempt to get up on skis one day when I had a little liquid courage in me! It didn't really go too well! LOL

So, THE reason we chose 4th of July week to go on our boating trip, was to see fireworks on the water. Duh. And right before we are getting ready to head out on the boat to go see them, we hear a storm front is moving in. Check the radar, talk about it, talk about it, talk about it...and finally I decided..."Oh WELL! I came here to see fireworks! Lets just do it!" So, we loaded up the boat and left. Somehow, the dark scary clouds whick looked like impending doom, stayed far enough away for us to see some fireworks. The wind picked up, and it got a little rough on the water, hence the blurry firework pic. But, hey, I got to see my fireworks on the water. It started to POUR as we pulled into the marina. Nice driving Eric!

Ok, I'm a slacker........

So, I haven't posted in awhile. But, I have excuses! We have had such a busy and fun summer!! Parties and two vacations in a month...whew....what a life. Now, we are back to reality. I will do my best to get some things posted here over the next few days!

First and foremost...Madison turned 6! Its hard to believe she is getting so big. We have sooooooooo enjoyed having her a lot this summer. She is getting ready to go back to school and start FIRST GRADE next Wednesday! Woo Hoo! Here are some pics of her birthday party! :)

The cute little cake I made! (With help from Jordy:) )

Playing in the sandbox with her party guests Swimsuit from MeMaw and Papaw Jerry

(and yes, she has her hillbilly teeth in! Thank you Jeanie!)

Her own plate from Aunt Diana, Uncle Tim, Jacob and Will! Awesome!

Her new bike! (from us...p.s. she is already learning to
ride in the grass without the training wheels)

Standing next to her cake!

It was such a fun party with good friends and family. She had a great time!

"Get Hammer'd" needs to go!

This past Saturday, we took the boat out for its first voyage this year! It ran great, and we are getting pumped for our trip to the lake. Eric got to use the wake board tower for the first time, and he did awesome. Only 10 days until we leave! And we will be so busy leading up to that, I am sure it will go very fast!

Maddie turns 6 this weekend, and we are having a birthday party for her. Her actual birthday is Father's day, so, I would like to plan something fun to do for that day. Maybe boating? Maybe something else? I don't know! But, since we have her on her birthday, we need to make the most of it! :) I can't believe she is already 6 years old. Growing like a weed! (well, getting taller, not thicker...just like her daddy!)

We have been getting so much rain here, its crazy. No flooding. But the ground just stays wet! I guess that has been good for the flowers. My hydrangea bush has a bloom on it for the first time since I planted it probably three years ago! I guess I never watered it enough! Its a pink bloom. So pretty! Lets just hope for no rain Saturday when I have people over for the party....wouldn't want all those people frolicking in my house! :)

Speaking of the boat again, I want to rename it. Eric, on the other hand, thinks its bad luck. It is currently named "Get Hammer'd" Now, that might sound clever to some, but it references the last name of people we bought it from...Hammer. I can't acutally come up with a new clever name, but I still think we need to change it. Apparently, it's not bad luck IF you perfrom a special ceremony when renaming the boat. You have to pray to the God of the Water, break a bottle or something....I don't know. But, I think it needs done. Hopefully, I can convince Mr. Scott that as well....I just need to come up with something good to name her. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......

Countdown to Dale Hollow

Hello!

Eric is done planting! Well, kinda. We thought he was, but he has to go back and replant a few fields that aren't growing right. The heavy rain too soon after planting makes the dirt really hard and it makes the beans have trouble growing....or something like that. Eric tells me these things, and I try to really pay attention! :) Sooooooooo...we are hoping to get the boat out this weekend for a little trip. Keep your fingers crossed for good weather!

We have Madison staying with us right now for some of her summer break. It's been nice having her with us. She spent the night with Granny Mel (my mom) Saturday night while Eric was working and I went to the Rascal Flatts concert with my girlfriends. They had fun together, as usual! She spent today with my Aunt Mary Kay. She lives on a small lake, and they swam and took a ride on the pontoon. She had a blast, as usual. And tomorrow she is going to spend the day with Tami (my step mom). They are going up to see Aunt Diana, Jacob and Will in Indy for the day. So, I am sure that will be a great time too. Then tomorrow night she will have a softball game. She's staying pretty busy! And since I work nights, I haven't seen her that much :( But I am off tonight and this weekend.

Our Dale Hollow trip is approaching...18 days! We are so ready to get down there and enjoy the sun and lake on our boat for a whole week! Its going to be a great time! (I will miss my puppies though :( )Then two weeks after that, we are spending a week for our anniversary in the Bahamas at my Aunt Toni's beach house. Yay! SO EXCITED for all of that! Then, hopefully after those trips, we can focus on something else......details to follow :)

WaKebOaRdinG bY tHe BaRn

Well....it was a great weekend here! The weather has been really beautiful and I have enjoyed spending some time outside! Eric has still been busy planting in the fields when the rain stays away....unfortunately, they still have a lot left to plant :( Which means they will be in the fields much later this fall for harvest. But, they will get it done eventually!

We hung out with some good friends this weekend! Went over to Brian and Jordan's for some patio building and a yummy dinner... Did a little boating down at Lake Santee with our friends Justin, Steph, and Josh.... Eric got up on his wake board on his first try! Go Eric! He has inspired me to want to try and learn. I am so scared to do it and I am afraid I will not be able to. But, hopefully I will get the courage up to try :)

Eric worked on the boat this weekend and put on our new WAKE BOARD TOWER! He was like a little kid on Christmas! We spent today just getting the boat ready and just hanging out in the boat. I can't wait to get it in the water! :) Doesn't it look great?

Madison is thoroughly enjoying her playground so far. She learned a new skill this weekend ...going across the monkey bars! Her swing set has the "monkey handles?" She was pretty pumped about it! Tomorrow is her last day of school! We are going to have her quite a bit throughout her summer break. That is good news for us.

Planting Cotton Candy Beans

Okay...I will make this post the official first one....I decided to start this blog after some persuasion from my friend Kasey :) at work..I thought it would be a good way (outside of facebook and myspace) to keep our family and friends updated on life in the Scott household! :) I will do my best to keep it updated as our adventure through life goes on! Enjoy!

Hello All!! Alot has been going on! Madison is in softball this summer, so we decided to take her out of gymnastics for awhile. She liked it, but it kinda seemed like we were paying $$ every month for her to go play in a gym once a week. She wasn't really learning much! Maybe we will put her back in that or dance in the fall! Here's Maddie's first game:

We had Madison with us last weekend and decided to venture out to the exciting St. Joe Fair! Besides getting to see some girl sitting next to the Gravitron (spinning spaceship ride) with a large pile of vomit underneath her feet...it was a good day!

We also went up and saw my new baby nephew, Zaden, at the hospital! Congrats to my brother, Andy, and his girlfriend Angel. He is so precious! I am very excited to be an aunt! And we had my grandma Patty and grandpa Bill out for pizza. They just got up here to Indiana to spend the summer!

Eric also planted my mother's day present in the yard! A weeping willow tree! I think they are so pretty and told him that was what I wanted for Mother Day! He had to remember why I got a Mother's Day present now (oh yeah, you are a step-mom now! haha) but he got it ordered and planted! I can't wait to see it grow!



Eric is planting beans today...finally. They haven't been able to plant more than two days the past few weeks due to all this rain we have had! So, hopefully now... Its on! Lets get those fields planted! We want to get that done and over with so we have time to get our boat out! We are looking forward to a week long trip over Eric's birthday and the fourth of July to Dale Hollow Lake! It will be incredible!

Eric also finally got Maddie's swing set all stained and we got the mulch FINALLY! It looks great! She loves it!

I have the weekend off, and in a little bit... Madison will be here! Her mom had to "work" so asked us if we could keep her! So, hopefully we will find something fun to do while daddy's in the fields. Hope everybody has a great Memorial Day weekend!