Talking to Natalie on the phone: she is hurting because she tore a stomach muscle (she thinks). At any rate, she doesn't want to laugh because it hurts.
We were talking about Brauer and wondering what he will look like. Will he have some family resemblances? I was sitting on the couch upstairs in the TV/computer room and looking at some of the pictures in the standing picture frame. There was one of Jake, Natalie and Nicole and Steve in Sicily on the beach. I was saying that Natalie and Nicole really don't look anything alike in this picture. It looks like I grabbed Natalie and asked her to stand with our family for a picture. She looks Italian or at least European.
To help her remember which picture I was talking about I said, "remember it was the trip when they thought Steve had drowned and was being washed ashore." That got a laugh out of her. It's true though, for those of you that weren't there. Steve was about 12 and he found it relaxing to just float in the waves. He was so relaxed that a lady on shore thought he had drowned and was being washed a shore. She screamed, they called the lifeguard, and a crowd gathered. The lifeguard grabs Steve by the arm and of course he comes to life. The crowd was dumbfounded. We were a little ways down the beach but the lifeguard comes hauling Steve by the arm. The lifeguard was a bit upset because I guess he wanted a dead body to deal with instead of a live 12 year old.
3 comments:
I remember when Jake told this story to me over the phone. Too funny. I can't believe he didn't budge when the lady screamed or when the crowd surrounded him. My favorite part is when Jake told me you and Tom just sat back and enjoyed the scene. I think that was the same vacation they made their "gelato sunset" song. I feel like I was practically there.
I love that story.
That story makes me smile just thinking about it.
Post a Comment