Goodbye "Best Boat Ever" :(

Saturday was a sad day. We sold our boat... the boat that Ryan always called the "best boat ever". We loved that boat and had some awesome times on it. From just the two of us going out early morning to ski and wakeboard to long days with 10+ friends to weekends with our families--it was better than we could have ever imagined when we bought it in 2007.

I grew up skiing and always hoped to have a boat and a lake house one day. We loved having the boat.

Ryan learned to wakeboard and got pretty darn good at it.


I got to spend heavenly moments on my ski... just me and the water...


Until that time I fell... hard... that sucked. (click for captions)


Lots of friends joined us on the boat and there were several LONG and super FUN days on the water!




Admiral made a couple of trips to the lake with us... and loved it!



We spent a great weekend with my family where Helmi got to drive the boat!


One of the best memories is Ryan's parents on the tube...



And my mom skiing again (she did get up and ski for about 100 yards before she got tired).


And then, of course, one of the worst memories was the day my dad broke his pelvis. The first time they visited after we got the boat, Dad fell trying to get up (he had not skiied in several years). He felt something snap which led to a long ordeal getting him in the boat and to the emergency clinic... where the xrays showed several fractures. Luckily there was no surgery required and we do laugh about it now!


I cried as the boat left with its new owners. A family with two teenage girls... I know our baby is going to a good home. They say the two best days in a boat owners life are the day they buy it and the day they sell it. Only half of that is true for us. I hated to see our boat drive away. One day we'll get a new one and hopefull, one day, we'll have that house on a lake too!