Murphy's Law??

Well, life has been a bit of a whirlwind since Brian came home. Its been awesome having him here to help with everything and, of course, to enjoy his company!! His reintegration was pretty smooth and easy once he went back to work. When reintegration was finished he went on leave and we took off for a nice 12 hour drive to Alamo, CA. We arrived and were able to spend a couple extra days with his parents, which was really nice. We enjoyed the beautiful CA weather and the refreshing pool in his parents backyard (and don't forget his mom's awesome cooking!). We were really excited to catch one of our favorite bands in San Francisco, Mad Caddies, who we saw the night after we got engaged 2 years ago! We met the band and got autographs, it was a blast. The best part was still yet to come, though.

I was awoken the next morning by a very excited husband, urging me to come outside and see the boat that we would be using during our trip to Lake Tahoe. When I went outside to find a sick (and Carolina Blue) wakeboarding boat he started to explain that we had the rental a little longer than originally planned. He then proceeded to tell me that we would be using this boat FOREVER! My sneaky and awesome husband sent his friends on a mission to find us the perfect boat while he was in Afghanistan and surprised me with it! I seriously have the best husband ever!!! I then went into a frenzy to get ready to go wakeboarding (with my broken elbow...) and after breakfast we headed out for the Delta. BAD IDEA. After getting on the water and all of the guys getting a chance to wakeboard it was then my turn. Of course, having a pretty freshly broken elbow, it was next to impossible for me to pull myself up out of the water so I decided to try and surf behind the boat instead. To make bigger wake to surf on you can fill the ballast in the boat, so Brian and his buddy were working on that as I was climbing back into the boat to wait...upon my ascent into the boat I noticed that we were drifting towards some rocks and brought this to Brian and John's attention. Well...all the rookie boater energy started feeding off of each other and next thing I knew I was laying on the floor of the boat watching John freak out about a cut on his chin.

In our attempts to get out of the rocky area we got hit by the wake of 2 boats that were significantly bigger than ours. The wake then pushed us closer to the rocks and just as I decided that I would probably be safer INSIDE the boat we hit a rock that launched me into the middle of the boat after doing one and a half flips through the air. It was definitely a 10! The sudden stop sent Brian's head crashing into the rear view mirror once and then a second time when his friend, Rob, made contact with the back of his seat. John face found the glass windshield...or his chin found it, cutting it open. We all only suffered minor cuts or bruising and were able to take the boat back to the launch ramp. Turns out we would not be boating in Lake Tahoe...bummer!

We returned from CA with the boat in about 13 hours...not too shabby...and dropped it off at the boat doctor. It needs some minor surgery and hopefully we will have it back sooner than the projected 2 weeks. Although, I'm sure my elbow could use the extra two weeks before it takes another beating.

Our trip to Lake Tahoe was pretty epic, but that story is for another day! Stay tuned!

Marianna