Uh huh! Oh Yeah!

Oh...I'm such a proud mama today! Will you just look at that! I'm overflowing with excitement!

If you've read my blog this summer, you know that we had to bribe Natasha to learn to get up on the surf board on her own. It was a challenge for her and she was very hesitant, but she did it and it was a huge accomplishment! She's done it a few times since then (getting up and surfing with the rope). It was obvious that she had the "feel" down and was getting more comfortable.

Last night we took the kids out for the final outing of the year (at least for them!). Shane's dad came with us, anxious to see the girls surf. Natasha got up a few times and fell a few times. She was ready to "throw in the towel" when I really pushed her to go one more time. She got up perfectly and pulled herself into the "sweet spot." All of a sudden, Shane realized that she was surfing without any tension in the rope! The rope wasn't pulling her along anymore...the wave was! So, hesitantly he showed her the slack in the rope and yelled, "you're surfing!" She got a surprised look on her face and then without warning she chucked the rope in the boat! Not only did she not fall, but she KEPT ON SURFING! It was so awesome!

She was yelling, "get a picture!" but the memory card was full. So she had to try one more time after we cleared some memory so we could caputre the moment! What a night! I think she's ready for the Pipeline...what do you think?