Boating with Aunt Ann

Last Sunday evening after the baby blessing the 3 girls got to go home with Aunt Ann and Uncle Val to stay the night. They had such a great time with Jessica and Shay that evening. They made cookies, played games, watched movies, etc. DJ and I came over Monday with the rest of the kids and we all met at the river to go boating. I was feeling rotten (with Mastitis) so I sat in the shade and watched babies while DJ, Kaleb and the girls road the tube and waterskiied. DJ got up on one ski and went for quite a long time around the river and Morgan had her first try at waterskiing with help from Aunt Ann. Both she and Morgan got in the water with skiis on and Ann skiied behind her. It was pretty funny to watch from the shore, they were doing pretty good at first but pretty soon you could see Morgan going in between Ann's legs and then her skiis fell off but she was still hanging on. She came up with a smile on her face though and is excited to try next year. The rest of the kids had a ball tubing and riding in the boat except for one incident at the end of the day. Morgan, Jordyn, and Kaleb were on the tube with Shaylin on the back and they took off and apparently there wasn't enough weight on the back so the tube went down in the front and the kids went off head first. Somehow Morgan managed to stay on but Kaleb and Jordyn went off head first which scared them to death. DJ and Ann convinced them to get back on and try again and the same thing happened, only this time Morgan and Jordyn fell off and Kaleb stayed on. Jordyn was under the tube for a second and then came up screaming...poor kids. Anyway, this time, DJ got on the back so there was more weight and they went for a good long ride around the river with no more spills off the tube. All in all, it was a great day and the kids even got to spend a little bit of time with Kate and Todd. Lori was kind enough to come over and watch the babies while I took a much needed nap. She got there right as I started feeling rotten and juggled the babies while I laid in a blanket and slept. Thanks Lor!!! That night we stayed with Ann and the girls had so much fun playing with Jessica and Shay. Jess set up a tent in their big living room with the door towards their big movie screen and watched a movie before bed. I don't think the girls were ready to come home after having so much fun with their big cousins. Thanks to Ann, Val, Jess and Shay for showing us a great time!