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July 4th at the Lake

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We spent July 4th at the lake with Aunt Tammy, Uncle Tim, and all of their family plus Aunt Linda and Maw Maw. Lots of cousins to play with! Our July 4th got off to a rocky start. The first boat ride of the day, before Aaron and I were on the boat, Charlie had a wakeboard accident. He was doing a jump and the wakeboard caught him on the head slicing it open. He was a little stunned when it all happened but luckily cousin Eric was there to quickly pull him up out of the water and Sarah Graves started applying pressure. As soon as the boat was back she ran to alert Aaron.  Poor Charlie saw all the blood and panicked that he might bleed out. On the ride to the emergency room I explained that we were positive he would not die and he started to calm down. The staff put him at ease and explained they see this type of thing a lot and soon he was back to smiling! Being such a straight cut, it was easy to staple close. We were quickly on our way, made a stop to get his antibiotic and a Mr. ...