On the boat

This has been the best weekend for us. We have had so much fun already and then today we got a phone call from Damon asking if we wanted to go boating. Fabulous! The kids haven't ever been on a boat and it has been a long time for me. The last time I went boating with Damon and family Abby was about 2 years old. I have to laugh remembering because she had just potty trained and had to go poop. Well there aren't many choices of what to do when you are on a boat so she sat on a bucket. Cracks me up remembering. Anyone reading this might not find it so hilarious, but this is my blog and my memory so I can write it if I want to.Anyway about today. Keegan was really excited. The scariest part for me was the drive there. I am terrified to drive highways and I have lived in Portland for 13 years and not once have I driven on Portland roads, until today. I was following Damon so it wasn't a matter of getting lost. But Brock rode with me and the kids and he had a GPS on his phone just incase we didn't missed a quick turn that Damon suddenly takes. His tail lights weren't working quite right and I couldn't tell when he was going to switch lanes or turn. We made it there fine and the boat ride was such a delite. The kids in their life jackets were so cute. We rode up the Willamete river and Keegan even got to drive. He loved it. Myles sat quietly most of the time and let the wind blow through his hair. Mason enjoyed sitting in the back of the boat shaded by an umbrella. Brock and Alec took a tube ride. Mason was secretly hoping they would fall off. Well they did fall off once at the very beginning and it is a good thing they were wearing their life jackets because the current was so strong that they were swimming and swimming and not moving. They finally figure out that swimming side ways could get them back to the tube. They rode that tube the rest of the way down the river. I don't know how many miles it was, but it was a lot. They both were worn out by the time we stopped the boat. All in all it was a fabulous day spent with a fabulous family. The sun was shining and everyone was smiling. We couldn't ask for more. We loved it.