Holy cow! Blake is 17. He is definitely growing into a very awesome young man. My man boy. Such a weird thing. He really did not want anything for his birthday. He said he was good, just wanted to hang out with friends. I ended up not getting him anything until the morning of his birthday. We really had no ideas. Blake kinda had a week long birthday. Tuesday night he met some friends in town and went to Get Air, grabbed some dinner and walked around them mall. Wednesday he went with friends again and golfed 18 holes. Blake said he terrible and held them all up, but he had fun. Friday, his birthday, I went to get groceries and a gift, Blake and Dave had a few things to get done before we took his friends boating. Blake's day started early with a call from a neighbor saying our cows were out. Blake ran down and checked it out. Later, while I was gone, Blake sent me pictures of the water truck turned over. I was concerned to say the least. Later I got the story. Blake said they had filled the tank and were driving back, they had gone around another truck in the yard and hit a small dip Just barely big enough to tip the water truck sideways a bit. With this momentum, and the heavy water, the whole truck started to go over. Blake said he looked up and saw Dave waving at him to get off quick. He looked back and the truck was going over. Soon to take him with it. They said it a was a very James Bond moment. Dave said if there had been flames behind Blake as he jumped just as the truck tipped completely on its side, it would have been amazing. Blake was disappointed that no one got a video of it. In reality they both said they were very lucky that no one was seriously hurt or worse. I could have been bad. They got it all right side up, banged out all the dents and miraculously found no holes. The boys then ran up and switched insurance from the orange truck to the Jeep and treat Blake to A&W. We all got back and got ready to got boating. Blake picked up Gilbert and Autumn in the Jeep and then we had a grand time at the lake.
When we got on the water we discovered that there was no stop in one of the tubes. Dave beached and sent them all combing for a rock that would fit to plug it.
Lots of tubing and swimming.
Picnic on the boat and water skiing. Gilbert got up first try and did an awesome job. It was fun to watch. He stayed up for quite a while.
Blake was very impressive as he skied.
We pulled them in and they had fun with that.
Back at our house we had cake and ice cream, then they went down to have a Mario Kart tournament.
I'm so grateful for the friends that Blake has. He is not really interested in making a big circle, just a few great friends. He was missing some on the boat as they had a camp and couldn't come, but was glad he had spent time with them the beginning of the week. They are all great people and we enjoy having the around. I think Blake had a nice birthday. He thought Cora's gift was funny. She transferred him 99 cent and then another 99 cent. Told him it was for a frosty. One for him and one for a date. Blake kept saying it didn't really feel like his birthday, but hopefully he had fun anyways.
Saturday Blake and Dave hiked Crowsnest. It has a been a few years since Dave did that one. He said he they accidently took the sketchy way up. When Blake got home he said they did not go for a hike, they literally climbed a mountain. Parts they were crawling on all fours to stay save and roped up together.
They did it and had a blast. Both were pretty sore and tired when they got home.
Dave took his boots off and threw them in the garbage. They needed to be replaced a long time ago, but after that hike they were full of holes and it was time. Blake should have done the same with his but he doesn't have extra.
Loved the view and loved the time the got to spend together.
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