Sometimes we add new pictures or video of an average, or uneventful weekend and don't add the content to the main page. So check out the video and photo section periodically "just because" it's cool and we have a lot of fun making it to share with all our friends....

We moved my dad back to East Texas this weekend. After all the work was done on Sunday we celebrated Fathers Day. Hannah enjoyed visiting with Kim and Robert, they almost treat her like their adopted child, which she just loves. My dad is glad to be back home in The Piney Woods and has vowed to never leave again. He says that if he starts missing the big city, he'll pack a weekend bag and visit, but that's it. I can't say as I blame him, it's nice and quiet over there, but the slow pace leaves little to be desired. Maybe when we're his age it could be an option, but not any time soon, we like the hustle and bustle of the city for now.

Kyle, PB, one of Kyles co-workers that I can't remember his name, and myself met up for another a.m. set this morning. More video than stills today, but you get the idea....

This is what the water looks like @ 6:00 in the morning. It's worth it to get your butt up early and ride while everyone else is sleeping. Well, until they catch onto the idea too.....

We went to Kelly and Sue's house in Taylor for the annual Marek Family Reunion. Man, it was hot. No worries, there was plenty cold one's there to drink. We got to see people that we haven't seen in, well, a year.... I'm kidding, it's been two years, we didn't get to go last year. So we made up for it this year. Hannah and Caden swam in the pool so long that their skin looked like raisins. Yummy.....We're already looking forward to next years reunion, I think the grown-ups decided it should be on a lake. Everyone's bringing their boats, sunscreen and health insurance cards....

We went to East Texas this weekend to see my family and to bring back a trailer for my dad. My grandparents had a new archway and electric gate built at the entrance of their place that reads "Jones". My grandfather asked Nichole what she thought of his new archway ? She told him that it's not tattoo'd across his shoulders, but that it would work. He got a big kick out of that, he hates tattoo's, but we think that he likes my family name across my shoulders. We had a great time hanging out with my grandparents, Robert, Kim and their dog Precious. It seemed like there was more work than visiting going on, it was worth it though. When dad moves back home there will be plenty of time for riding the 4-wheeler trails, hunting and fishing.

We celebrated Hannah's last single digit birthday this weekend. Our closest friends and family came over to join in. She enjoyed seeing everyone and playing with Caden, Luke Brown and Stephanie, our neighbor. Have you ever seen so much pink in one place? If it wasn't pink it was some other bright color. Nichole says it's a reflection of her personality. Hmmm, that's some personality. David and Karen Freer stayed the night. David and I whooped the ladies playing 42 so bad that they didn't want to play Wahoo. So we, no, I watched qualifying for the Thunder Valley Nationals and fell asleep on the couch. What a weekend.

The sun finally decided to burn off some clouds, so PB, LB and myself thought we should get it while the getting was good. Trouble is, someone forgot to tell the wind to quit blowing. That's what Luke was saying in this shot, he said that we should have took a sailboat out instead of The Moomba. The water was choppy, but we made due. Luke's already working on his form and technique, his daddy will have him doing backrolls and tantrums before you know it. Enjoy the pics.

Does it really get any better than this ? Other than being out in an X-Star, probably not. Paul Brown, Luke Brown, Nichole and myself treated ourselves to an evening of sun and Lake Austin fun today. Any day now and Luke is gonna be riding, I think he's going to skip walking altogether and go straight to riding. You should see the look in his eye when his daddy slides off the platform, he's thinking any day now I'll be able to enjoy the lake just like that. I think that's why he digs it so much, he's already got the Jimmy Buffett attitude, it doesn't matter to him either way. He got his first pair of boardshorts for his birthday, maybe for his second birthday he'll get his first board/bindings. We had a blast look at all the pictures and tell us what you think.

Paul Brown and I made our way to the 360 bridge this evening for a little R&R, ruckus and rowdiness. Okay I was ruckus and he was rowdy. Anyway, after waiting for some good butter he tried out his new Phillip Soven 3rd edition. As always, he adapted his riding to the new board and voilah backrolls galore, butter slides, transfers, ACL tearing double ups, and almost a tantrum. He said he should quit while he was ahead. In the process of my toe-side faceplant on the wakeskate we met this couple from Kansas. He asked if he could take a set for some gas money, and the madness began. This cat could throw it down, it was truly inspirational, even for PB. Since it was just Paul and I there are only pictures of this guy from Kansas. What, you think you could drive the boat and take pictures at the same time ? Check it.

Can you believe that Luke Brown is already a year old ? I can't either, his mother and father may disagree, but it's true. I tell you what, that boy is gonna have to grow up and be a Rockstar at the rate he's going. There were like 50 people there to celebrate with him, kin folks, friends, friends of friends, you name it they were there. He made out like a Bandit with all the gifts, it was like Christmas in April. Max and Christian got him this saddle broncin' pony, he'll ride that sucker for days, what ye bet ? Good times at The Brown House for Luke's Birthday, lot's of games and good groceries on the BBQ. I wonder who will be there next year, maybe a celebrity or two ? Tune in this time next year to find out.....

Zappa and Chelsea asked me to come out early Sunday morning and drive for them and Zappa's family. Man was it cold and windy. No matter, they all have wet suits and enjoyed being just about the only boat on the lake. I had to leave by like 10:45 to get home and pick up the family to head to Luke Brown's birthday party. Chelsea and Zappa still got a couple of shots to show everyone. Check out the action.

Nichole and I invited David and Karen to come into town this weekend and go dancing. We went to The Old Coupland Inn and Dancehall to see Jason Boland and the Stragglers. Some local band from Taylor, Kenny Orts and The Fender Benders, opened for them and they were incredible. They had two guitar players that alternated leads, lot's of chicken pickin and bending. The player on the left side of the stage played B and G bender while utilizing high and low drop tuning's along with playing the fiddle and harmonica at times. The player on the right used the old fashioned nut bender with drop tunings. Like I said, they were awesome, we will definitely go to see them again. Lots of traditional country music good for buckle polishing, 10-4 ! Jason Boland was okay.(http://www.couplanddancehall.com)

Zappa, Chelsea and some of their friends invited us to ride with them this afternoon on Lake Austin. There was no way we were gonna turn them down, bring on the Summer, every last 115 degrees of it, we're ready. We had a great time hanging out watching everyone ride, Zappa and Brandon have somewhat of a contest going, to see who can land their first successful backroll. After what I saw today, it looks like Zappa's bringing home the gold. The XLV ran pretty solid, it's very similar to The Browns' Moomba, and when everyone's sitting where they should be it throws a monster. We look forward to more toeside-faceplants and SPF 50 with all our friends as the season is just kicking off and our orthopedic surgeons are releasing us to full extreme sports duty. We hope to see you there, until then, check out the pictures from today's events.

Luke Brown stopped by today to visit while Mrs. Brown went to a Dr's appointment. We had a great time. We ate some lunch, drank a couple cold ones, did some pickin' and grinnin' and topped it all off with a nap. We did "The Wheels On The Bus" like nobody's business. He said that he would come back next week and we could do it again, I can't wait... Click the link below to see him in action.

Today Zappa, Chelsea, Nichole, Hannah, and myself found our way to Lake Austin in the midst of a fishing tournament if you can imagine that.(busy boat ramp) I thought local fisherman knew to go to Lake Travis ? We all had a good time. Above you see Zappa's attempt at a backroll. I think maybe P.B. should go to help with the critiquing because I couldn't give any advice. Chelsea tried out her new L.F. Vantage bindings and Nichole finally got her new Emily Coy wet. I drove and Hannah took pictures. We can't wait for summer and more good times....

Karen and David were showing us where their new home will be, almost right in the middle of The Freer Ranch. The pictures that you see will be the view from the back porch. I expect many parties to be held here. You better bring your pick-up though, because they don't like solicitor's and your grandma's Oldsmobile can't make the hike. I vote for a firepit on the back porch, makes for a good and warm deer stand.

Luke Brown is diggin' this New Years Party. There were lot's of friends we haven't seen in a while at The Brown's last night, we all had a spectacular time playing with Luke, he's a hit at all the parties. Max, Paul, Nichole and myself jammed a little RockBand, while Kenny and Matt played Eight Ball. Finally we played Texas Hold Em' for a nite-cap, Cindy Brown won the $50 pot. Luke say's that we should do this more often, I couldn't agree more. Take a look at all the happening's inside, prepare yourself for lot's of smiling and laughing..... Happy New Year!

Hannah finally came home from Florida to have Christmas with The Jones/Freer part of the family. She made out like a bandit and would you believe that most of her gifts were pink ? She got a lot of clothes, which she needed because she's growing like a weed. It seems like she wears something twice, then outgrows it. She actually got more stuff than I can remember, so click the link below and see all the goods.

We went to Johnson City to spend Christmas with The Freer's, Demeester's, one Wingo, Bigg's and PaPaw. Even Curtis, his family, and Boxer Hooch made it this year. Endless amounts of good food and RockBand. We get Hannah Saturday, will open gifts with dad and Sage, then back to Gram's on Monday, pictures will follow. I'm just gonna let the pictures do the talking on this one, so have a looksy and enjoy.

We met up with The Brown Family for supper Tuesday night to exchange gifts and visit before the holidays get too hectic. Nichole and I picked up Luke Brown his very own pair of cowboy boots. Do you see the excitement in his eyes ? The Brown's got us a basket of Shiner and Cashews, do those guy's know what we like or what ? Take a look inside and see the whole visit...

Nichole asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I truly didn't have an answer for her. I couldn't think of anything, because I have all I need or want, other than summer to never end and the sharp, constant pain in my right shoulder to go away without the help of an orthopedic surgeon. So, shooting for the moon I said a Telecaster, thinking that I'd have better luck asking for another wakeboard. Then came the E-bay shopping and 8 days later the Fed-Ex guy delivers not only a Telecaster, but a 1952 Re-Issue Cobalt Blue, Relic'd (new, but made to look old school) Telecaster in an SKB case. Nichole has really raised the bar for gifts this year, so wish me luck, and if I don't rectify employment soon I can always open the case on a street corner somewhere and play for donations......Maybe P.B. could sing... lol...

Nichole, Hannah and Elvis spent most of the evening putting up the Christmas tree. I think Elvis just got in the way. Now some unlucky person gets to wrap all the gifts to put under said tree, I wonder who will get that vote, definitely not myself since I use too much tape and can't cut a straight line, therefor using entirely too much paper. I learned that trick a long time ago... Nichole keeps threatening to go get lights to hang along the eve's, but ultimately decided against it.

We went downtown to donate toys for the Chuy's toy drive and froze our you know what's off, dang it was cold. I'm gonna get with P.B. and see if we can find something to enter in the parade next year. It was cool Hannah and Caden were able to donate toys for a good cause. Melanie was there doing her part as an employee/volunteer. After that we went to Kerbey Lane Cafe and drank like 3 gallons of coffee, human antifreeze.

We went to Gram and Paw Paw's for Thanksgiving to have some good home cookin! Top it all of with some of Nana's pecan,pumpkin,buttermilk pies and some college football and I dont care who you are, you're looking for a place to take a nap. Elvis went too, he slept a lot...

We met up with The Demeester's and The Freer's to celebrate Caden's 6th birthday at a skating rink no less. It was a blast watching everyone bust it, grown up's included, even Gram was out there cuttin' up. We got home just in time to watch the Brock Lesnar/Randy Couture fight, another surprise victory for Lesnar.

PB and I took an evening set in The Moomba today, loaded it down with ballast to sit deep in the water, and payaa big wake... PB hit his biggest double-up yet, in fact he was so high that I literally lost him in the mirror. I turned around in the seat to see him doing an unintentional raley. He landed it and eventually crashed, when I turned around to pick him up I asked him if he thought PB stood for Parks Bonifay instead of Paul Brown ????? The water was warm, but the cool air made for a long, cold and wet trip back to the boat ramp from the clock tower... Good Times... We took most pictures with The Brown's high speed camera, so to see more pictures look at pablosweb/photo's.

As if one wake wasn't enough, Paul Brown has to hit two at a time, because he can... bastard... Aaahhh the cool waters of Lake Austin were nice and peaceful for the most part today, it's been sixteen days since our last ride (home renovation and a honey-do list a mile long)I think that we all have been deprived of the water lately, but today the batteries were recharged. Paul Brown, Zappa and myself met at the 360 bridge today for some rowdy time on the water. Do you see how high he's getting on those double-ups ? If that ain't rowdy for you, then you should try it, and hope your knees don't fail when you land. PB says he'll drag out The Moomba on Thursday, maybe Mrs Brown will ride along and bring her fancy high speed camera so that we can take some quality pics, otherwise LB is going to have to learn completely hands-on, no pics = no reference.lol... Great day for riding today, little wind and not too much traffic, hope that Thursday is a repeat, stay tuned for updates, and you've got to see all the pics that Zappa took from today, you know you want to, just click the link below and get to it....

Dave Connolly started five races late in the season, that's like an automatic 200 points in the hole. Now, not only is he in the countdown to the championship, he's #3 in points. He drives this Charter Communications car which is owned by Victor Cagnazzi, who also employs a guy from Tyler Texas, Todd Bevis, who has built a Mustang for me. You may remember this guy "Bevis Built Race Cars". He was on the loop in Tyler next to Harwood Industries. Now they all live in North Carolina, not bad for a good ol'boy from the Piney Woods with some welding skills.

Paul, Cindy and Luke Brown met us at the boat ramp this evening for an afternoon stroll on Lake Austin. That Luke Brown likes riding in the boat, I'd go so far as to say that he was born to be on the water, I see a 118"cm LF Board in his not too distant future. Mr. Brown dialed in a monster double up, he said that he was so high in the air that he didn't know what to do other than hold on tight and prepare for his landing. He also stuck some back-rolls, 180's and 360's. Other than the double-up's and dock-starts he was being a little conservative, I kept playing "Fat bottom girls" to encourage a Tantrum or Raley to no avail. I just did my usual crashing and face planting, can't ever get too many of those.(whatever) The water was nice and smooth other than the jerk-offs on the jet-skis, so you blow by them trying to buck em' off the ski and they just jump your wake, which makes me twice as mad as before, bastard's.... Good Times....

Brian, Mandy, Shelby and Trista Youngblood came into town this weekend from Dallas. We decided to invite them for an afternoon set on Lake Austin thinking that since Texas was playing Arkansas and The ACL Fest was going on that we would have the lake all to ourselves.... Wrong, damn Tivo ! We had a good time regardless of how rough the water was, in fact it was so bad that The Perd is looking better and better to me. Brian got to ride the wake-skate, which he had never done before and Mandy chickened out of her set, she'll regret it this winter though when it's so cold outside that you don't want to leave the house. We'll for sure be on The Perd then, no rest for the weary, heck we might be on it sooner than that, here lately it seems like it's worth the extra drive... Anyway, we were glad to see some old friends and invite them to come back soon to visit again. Bring your health insurance card because you may need it while in the calm water, go big or make ballast, that's my philosophy....

Greg Stanfield raced Competition Eliminator for years, and did a fine job of holding his own and winning frequently. About three years ago he decided to step up to Pro-Stock, which is considered to be the most competetive class in the pro category. To make a long story short, it took 135 rounds for him to win his first Wally in Pro-Stock. It was an emotional win for Greg as he has now won in every class of competition leading up to Pro-Stock in the LODRS and the Powerade Tour.

Today was my 35th. birthday, seems like it was just yesterday and I was 34. The Freer's and Demeester's came in from Johnson City to help us celebrate. Eric, one of my friends from Rodman also came and brought one of his dog's for Elvis to play with. Barbecue and football was the theme for the day and there was no shortage of either, damn Colts... Nichole expanded my wood-working tools by getting me a router, bit set and tool box liners, I sense a bit of passive-aggressiveness in her choice, hmmmm.....Hannah and Caden chased each other around the house and neighborhood all day, so I'm sure they both slept well tonight as did Elvis from playing with Max in the backyard. Our movie star neighbor Vivian Johnson came over for some of Nichole's "Better Than Sex" cake, she said that she would be the judge of that, it's my favorite, but it's nowhere near being better than sex, although there is enough sugar in it to get your heart rate up for later..lol.. Good times. After everyone left and the house was back to it's original state, we sat down to watch the O'Reilly Fall Nationals and had the pleasure of watching Greg Stanfield, an old acquaintance of mine from Pro-Stock Racing put down Jeg Coughlin in Pro-Stock. The biggest upset of the year when J.R. Todd blew by Tony Schumacher in the T/F/D Final Round. John Force went two rounds, a year to the date that he almost lost his life on this very track, proving that he truly is a living legacy and with four races left in the countdown, The Championship is still up for grabs in Funny Car.

We took Mr. Brown and Mr. Brown out in the X-7 for her maiden voyage since I almost sank the thing about a month ago. Didn't sink, but wouldn't start either, the kill switch was the problem, can you believe that ? Not a problem anymore though, we don't need no stinking kill switch. We ended up going to the Perd and not taking any pictures, only video from Mrs. Brown's video camera, thanks Cindy. Then Paul Brown works his magic, the end result is a crisp, clean music video of back breaking crashes... Get to it !

Well, it started out as a promising evening on Lake Austin with Zappa, Chelsea and Sage, I take that back, Zappa was having a hard time sticking anything. Anyway, then the X-7 almost sank, by no stretch of the imagination, water was above the rubrail and halfway up the engine compartment. It took three 1200 gpm. pumps an hour to pump all the water out. Then we had to get towed to the boat ramp by "the man" in the black and white boat. I'm glad today's over. The last time I talked to Josh in the service dept. @ TSR Mastercraft, he said there was a two week wait to get your boat in.... Looks like the Jones' are going to be boat ho's for a week or two or three....

This just never get's old, I could watch Paul Brown do this all day long. Paul, Zappa and myself met up at the 360 bridge this evening for an afternoon set. Everybody's got plans for the weekend and none of them involve the lake or the boat, so we had to get our fix before it was too late. We had a blast, went almost all the way to Mansfield Dam where the water is the coldest, but it's the best water Lake Austin has to offer. We came across some guys riding a rail, pulled behind a PWC, looked like a lot of fun. Paul said that he'd be doin' that when he's 80, for some reason I half-ass believe him. Check it out, click the link below to get the scoop....

This is just what we need after a long week @ work, the cool waters of Lake Austin. There's nothing better, bottle up all your frustrations, jump off the platform, get to the end of the rope, and let it fly... It's a recipe for instant relaxation, after a couple of sets pull into a cove listen to some good music, hang out with friends and before you know it life as you know it is almost tolerable again... Here's to ya, we'll see you where the water's calm and the music's loud...

We went to Lake Austin this morning to enjoy the cool water and took Elvis with us. Would you believe that we had a good time ? Seriously.... That crazy Elvis was riding on the swim platform while Hannah was riding, he think's he's a Heeler or something. It was only us three, so we didn't get too many action shots, but here's what we got, enjoy.

Hannah is getting up all by herself now, the thing is, that she's laughing the whole time and even she doesn't know why. She told me, "I was riding with one hand to fix my shorts, just like you daddy, Booyah !" Almost sounded like something Paul Brown would say. Kid's are so easily influenced. Everyone had a good ride today, Chelsea might need some grill work done next week, but it's cool, she didn't bleed in the boat. Nichole has been working on her Butterslides, Zappa likes the fat seat, he say's that it's a totally different wake, he's clearing wake to wake by like five feet now. I'm still waiting for my Covin to arrive, I borrowed Paul's LF board this weekend, but didn't like the way that it rode, so I drove most of the day, and like a big dummy, I left ol' faithful @ home hanging on the wall :-( There's always Wednesday, that's when the black board should arrive. Enjoy the photo's.

Paul Brown, L.B., Hannah, Nic and myself had to go to the lake Wednesday night to ease the soul back in. Luke was going to ride, but forgot his board in the rush to get to the boat dock, so he just watched his pop. We finally put the fat seat in the rear of the boat to make big wake, it has three different compartments, but we only filled one. Big difference, Paul says that one evening when it's just the two, or three of us, we'll fill all three and he'll do back rolls behind the X-7, looking forward to it Mr. Brown. Oh yeah, next time don't forget to bring Luke's board, ye' selfish bastard ! He actually slept the whole time, riding in the boat is therapudic you know.

Nichole like's the more intricate, technical tricks. I like to go big, which is why after riding Big Poppa, (Adkisson Pro Transcend with Parks bindings) on Friday, I seemed to have lost a bit of memory of what all happened that morning. Nichole said that I even lost my sense of direction. Hmmmmm. Kinda funny and scary at the same time. My wife and my doctor say that it's normal with head trauma, Paul Brown agrees, and say's that it happens to rider's all the time. None-the-less my motto is still,"Co-pay's are cheap and glory lasts forever.(edit as of Friday)your memory will eventually come back, otherwise it wasn't worth remembering."Spoken like a true Lake Austin Austinite.....We'll see you where the water is calm and the music is loud.....

Gram, Paw Paw, Jennifer, Caden, Jason, Melanie and The Jones' all met up @ Lake Austin for some Independence Day Celebrating. We had fun riding in the tube, eating barbecue and wakeboarding, what we can remember of wakeboarding. lol We even brought Elvis along, he doesn't care much for camping though, at the end of the day he was so relieved to ride home in the back seat of the pick-up that he passed out. When we got to the house he went upstairs and into his bed to go to sleep, he's a city dog, he need's refrigerated air and a pillow-top to get a good night's rest.Enjoy the photo's.

Tank of fuel in the boat : $85.00 Launching boat from a county boat ramp : $10.00 cash. (Thanks Zappa, who carries cash ?)Spending the evening with friends wakeboarding and wakeskating after a long day at work, seeing them stick whacked tricks without co-pay's, Absolutely Priceless..... Life's full of little surprises that require capitol, for everything else, there's MasterCraft.

Nichole, Zappa, Ron and myself went to Lake Austin this evening for an afternoon set or two. Can you believe that it started raining ? We pressed through it, seems like everyone else was afraid to get wet or something. After the rain stopped, it was like we had the lake to ourselves, so we ran it up before it got dark, Ron and I even rode in the rain. The water was incredible, all in all we had a great time, it was Ron's first time riding Lake Austin, I think that he'll be back because our hot summer's make the cool water so inviting........... Good Times.

Just think, people like Scott Byerly and Parks Bonifay get to ride water like this all day every day.

We went to Lake Austin this morning for some glassy fun, one of our friends met us there, Matt Zappa. The water was incredible, as usual at that time of the day, so Hannah decided that today was the day the stars would line up just for her and she would take her official first ride. She did such a great job holding onto that handle, No Fear, because daddy say's "co-pays are cheap and glory lasts forever". Well, she wasn't exactly in that frame of mind, but she cowboy'd up and got er' done. We all had a successful day, Nichole was getting some good air, I landed my wake to wake, and Zappa invented two new tricks, The Bulldozer and the Superman Wake Grab.(lol see pics)Nichole has a drug dinner Thursday night Mr. Brown, so I expect to see your smiling face at the boat ramp by 5:00 sharp, bring vest, w.b. and shoes.

Here is Nichole picking me up at the boat ramp, we're seriously considering selling this boat to purchase an X-2. I know that it sounds crazy, but we want something a little bigger and definitely a V-Drive. Either an X-2, a Team 210 Super Air Nautique, or a used X-Star, so if you see our boat listed on Craigslist, E-bay, Boattrader.com, or 360 Wakeboard.com you will understand why. We are Jones' right ?

Today was Nichole's birthday, I'll let her tell you how young she is. We decided to spend the day relaxing on the water, it was just what we needed to ease the weekly strain. For me it's more physical, for Nic, it's definitely more mental. The tranquil sounds of the water splashing and all the wildlife that lets her mind finally start to slow down. Sometimes you have to just throw it in neutral and coast for a little while you know, or as Pat Green would say, "to ease the soul back in."

Here's Travis throwin' a 180. He and Sarah moved to New York a while back, maybe seeing this picture will remind him how great living in The Lone Star State is. You never know, they could be packing up as you read this. This smooth transition earns him a gold star. Nice landing, much harder than it looks, especially landing goofy footed.

He deserves another Ata Boy for this one and a gold star for form and technique. Difficult trick with brutal landings. Well Done :^) Paul sent me these two pictures of him and Travis, they were taken with his high speed camera, then stitched together in Photoshop. Looks like something you might see in Wakeboard Magazine or Alliance Wake huh ?

We took the trip to The Pedernales this weekend because we had not been in our boat and some friends were going to be there. Man what a ride, .25 tank of fuel to get there from Pflugerville. The water was calm, but hot, I guess Lake Austin has gotten us spoiled to cool water. We got a late start and didn't stay long so on the way home we decided to go through Steiner Ranch and throw it in the cold water. I bet there was thirty degrees difference between the two lakes, granted Quinlan Park Rd is the West end. Lake Austin was rough in places, but smooth in others, we managed to get a couple of sets in. I finally tried my Andrew Adkison board with the Parks bindings, I like it a lot, the board is less stable than my Ronix board and has much more pop to it (just what I need). Hannah got up on her board too, she get's her hard head and persistance from her daddy. All in all it was a good weekend, no blood or broken bones just a few more bruises and lot's of fun in the sun. There was plenty of sun. Ain't it great to be alive and livin' in Austin Texas ?

Paul Brown was inspecting the bottom side of the rope here, he said that it looked fine. It must have had a rattle in it or something, because he continued to inspect it time and time again. You aint livin' good till you've seen someone do this in person, it's ten times more exciting than seeing it in a magazine or online. He gets an Ata Boy for this one, as does Nichole for capturing the moment on The Browns' high-speed camera.

This was some funny shiznit here. We saw my dad's truck and boat trailer at the 360 bridge. Well, since they just stand on the boat fishing and never get in the water we figured that where-ever they were they would be hot. It was like 95 degrees by 11:00, Paul decided that he would do them a favor and cool them off with a little spray. The hilarious thing is that my dad didn't recognize us because we were in Pauls boat, it was priceless. Dad had a couple of guy's that he works with on the boat with him, one guy was laying down for some reason(he got the worst end of it). We headed back in their direction after confirming the boat was them, Paul swung out towards them, close to their boat, leaned back on his heels and wah-lah, instant cool down for all involved. It sent water completely over the boat, the guy laying down was soaked, my dad just kept fishing, I knew he was hot, that spray was exactly what he needed to cool off. I'm still laughing about it, he called minutes later to tell me what had happened, I denied the whole thing, holding back the tears because I laughed so hard that I cried.

Paul driving our boat on Saturday, he never gives us a hard time about it not being a V-Dive, one of these days we'll take the Fat Seat out with us and see if we can make big wake. Flow smooth like water. Besides it's good for practice and confidence, I call it the perfect first boat. As our skills improve we'll buy a bigger V-Drive, X-Star perhaps ? More like an X-2 according to Nichole. There's like a 20K diffrential. That's a big 10-4.

After a long day @ the lake, we went to The Browns to help Mr Brown with his Perfect Pass and visit with Cindy Lou and Luke Brown. Hannah can't hold him enough, she kept asking how much longer we were going to be on the water because she wanted to hold Luke Brown. He's a growing boy, momma must be feeding him the good stuff !

Even when she's trying to relax she looks like she's thinking about work, well except for the beer. She's probably thinking, man this would be a great day to be on the lake, nope , this would be the perfect day. Notice the wind-breaker and the fact that she's sitting directly in the sun? It was a little chilly.

We were on the water this morning by 7:00, one of the few times that you can actually ride through The Islands Strait. The water was unbelievable, chilly for some, but all in all it was great. Paul landed some gnarly stuff, Matt got up on the skate and Nichole had her longest ride yet. I still haven't landed my wake to wake yet but I keep trying. We rode till about 11:30, when the water was less than ideal, we packed up and headed back to P-Ville while Paul and Matt went South. We keep getting all this ride time in and it's not even summer yet, and for all involved they're charging @ the Hula Hut now so come early and park in the street for free! Oh yeah, humility can best be described as your impeller going out when you have a couple of friends on board for an eventful morning on the lake.

I think Paul Brown was so busy looking at the real estate that he forgot what he was doing, or where he was at. This is such a pretty part of the lake that loosing your train of thought is an easy thing to do. Knowing that wild man he was probably trying to do some big shiznit! Look at how smooth the water was, and we all know where this particular house is.

We went to Deutchenfest in Pflugerville today to see The Mother Truckers. They were awesome, the singer sounds like a cross between Aretha Franklin and Janis Joplin. The guitar player, a true guitar slinger, plays like Stevie Ray Vaughan. We saw them at Gruene Hall a couple of years ago opening for Charlie Robison and left soon after Charlie made it to the stage. Tonight they opened for the Derailers and we lost interest soon after they got off stage again. I always make it a point to tell the up and coming bands that I dig their sound and introduce myself. Nichole says I'm crazy, but that is how I met Walt Wilkins, if anyone's ever heard of him. (Superstar singer,songwriter)

Hannah's mom and step-dad had her birthday party at the San Gabriel Park in Georgetown. She had some of her friends from school and lots of family around to help her celebrate. The theme was anything pink and Hannah Montana. It's hard to believe that she is 8 years old already, seems like it was just yesterday that she had hardly any hair on her head and all that she could say was "dada". I was convinced then that she knew all she needed to know, but now she has so much personality, a couple more blinks and she'll be heading off to college trying to make her own way.

We had such a good time Thursday evening at the lake. It was just Nichole and I after she finally got off work. Then later, after a couple of sets, Erin and her boyfriend came aboard for a little late night stroll. Paul had Craig, Ford and Mike with him. Mike got a couple of tugs in behind our boat before Nichole finally arrived. These pictures were taken while trying to follow Paul and Cindys boat, Nichole says that taking moving pictures is harder than it looks.

That's what Paul was saying when he jumped off the platform into the South end of Lake Austin, his voice changed like four octaves. Soon after this shot was taken our new Shane Bonnifay handle broke in Paul's hands. Paul said that if it would have been a Parks Bonnifay handle, then it wouldn't have been junk. Luckily we were taking off when it happened, otherwise it could have been disastrous. I will make The Wake Shop my first stop in the morning, Jared and Rick always have Kripy Kreme on Monday morning's, I'm thinking maybe a carbon, or a leather wrapped handle this time, compliments of The Wakeshop.

Paul Brown doing one of several 720's, 900's and 1080's that he kicked off on Sunday, sometimes he does so many that he get's dizzy and disoriented. He said he don't need no stinking calm water!

The water was choppy on Sunday, but we forged through it and had a blast. The thing about Lake Austin is, if it's crowded just head South towards Mansfield, the water is colder but much less crowded. We were on Lake Travis in Feb. when the water was 47 degrees so 65 aint nothin' baby!

Nichole is the designated driver. She drives the boat better than I do, which is fine by me because I would rather be at the end of the rope anyway. She has learned a lot in a short time on driving, she even launches and loads the boat too. Is that a good woman or what?

More like, to get thrown down, the water was rough on Sunday @ Lake Austin, everybody and their dog was there. We're gonna start going early in the morning and during the week after work.

Hannah likes to watch me and Paul Brown on the wakeboards and the wakeskate. So for her birthday she said that she wanted one. Wa-la, a wakeboard it is, Jared at the Wake Shop hooked me up with a pink CWB with LF bindings, Hannah thinks it's sweeeet! I tried to help her get up and ride, and later that aftrnoon Paul Brown helped too, but it takes lot's of practice, good thing Summer is almost here.

On Saturday we took Hannah to Gram and Paw Paw's house to officially celebrate her birthday with a little Country Fun. She and Caden rode the 4-wheeler and their bikes almost all day. We topped it off with a birthday cake that Nichole and Gram made and lot's of presents. Gram got her a summer outfit that was Hannah's favorite color, pink. Nana gave her some jewelry, what little girl wouldn't like that. Melanie got her a summer dress and some decorative items for her room. And of course we got her a pink wakeboard to match all of the other pink things that she has.

We took Hannah to Texas Roadhouse for her eighth birthday, it's a Jones thing. She had no trouble with the birthday saddle ride, she was even twirling a bar tender's towel in the air like she was at an Aggie football game. The fact that she was ordering Coor's Light all night might have something to do with it. lol. I'm kidding, she was drinking Iced Tea.

This is me telling Robert Hight of Force Racing that he is Nichole's favorite Funny Car Driver. He ended up winning the event, as well as Jason Line, Nichole's favorite Pro Stock Driver. Three races later Eric Medlen was killed during a testing session in Gainesville.

This man needs no introduction, he is the godfather of Funny Car. This past weekend in Atlanta he celebrated his one thousandth round win, but ended up losing the event to his daughter Ashley. Talk about being in the DNA, this is her Sophmore year. This could be the year for his 15th. Championship, or her first.

Elvis likes going out in the boat, we don't know if he can swim yet, but we know that he likes being with us on the water. His favorite spot is on the swim platform soaking up the sun.

Looks and sounds like a new Alan Jackson song. Good Time. It's funny how at the end of the week you're just beat down and still find the strength to get yanked behind the boat all weekend.

Nichole likes L.B. everyone says that one day she should have one of her own. Doug says we have a dog.

We went to see the Browns and their new baby Luke.