Monday, June 28, 2010

diving for golf balls

we've been taking advantage of the midnight sun around here. bike riding is our chief "nighttime" activity. last week the kids wanted to throw rocks in the river by our house, so we hopped on our bikes and took off! our usual rock skipping spot was occupied so we went a little further on down the trail, where someone spotted a golf ball in the pond. that's another of our favorite pass times, golf ball diving. so of course quinton wanted to go in and get it, and of course being the awesome parents we are, we let him.

no that's not pond scum! it's those little cotton thingies from cottonwood trees. they'll factor in later on in our story.

quinton dove for it, couldn't find it, and came out fast and freezing!! he was totally bummed to go through all that and not come up with the prize. we told him if he got it we'd give him 4$. he was way too cold, so we promised we'd come back the next day. meanwhile:
austin gets a bloody nose. but we can't do much about it......or can we? so mike gathers up all the cottony stuff and smooshes together tight and ......wahlaaaa!!



"i'm okay, hello everyone"

and on day two: quinton came prepared and.....he conquered!! and so we gave him 4 bucks (cause it was a titleist pro-v) and a slushy and lots of back slapping!

8 comments:

Lisa said...

We'd be poor if we paid for golf balls at our house because now we live on a golf course. I wonder how cold that water was??

Strupp Family said...

Yay Quinton! You couldn't round it up to $5? $4 just seems a little random :) Mike's very resourceful. Glad you could find something to stop that nosebleed.

Marilyn Lewis said...

Something about that last picture reminds me of your Dad when he was a little boy!

Team Burtenshaw said...

...let me just say, I.love.ALL.of.your.stories!

Heather Mills said...

This is hilarious! We miss you guys.

Meagan said...

The cotton thing is hilarious. Can't wait to see what we all get up to at Clear Creek. Perhaps we could hide several golf balls and it will be like Easter part 2!

Mary Monster Mary said...

oh I know htat water had to be cold. Brave children you have there. ;)

Abby said...

That first pic looks like Quinton is skinny-dipping! I was glad to hear THAT wasn't the story you were telling.....or at least the picture you were posting! lolol

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