Every year when I was growing up, we would float Big Springs with our cousins, aunts and uncles and grandparents. It was so much fun and we loved it! Mike and I haven't floated since we had kids because...well, I am not sure what the excuses were. Anyway, this year, my aunt Rosalie and uncle Ryan and my cousins Lane and Megan and their families invited Mike and I to bum along on a river float! It was really fun, but I remember it being a lot more fun and way less work when I was a kid.
This is what we looked like starting out. Aidan wasn't much fun at first. He kept crying and whining and so I thought it was going to be even more miserable. However, halfway through, we figured out he just wanted to put his feet and hands in and play in the water...not float in a canoe!
Mike thought the kids would have fun in a raft to float down, with us pulling them behind. About half way through the trip, he said it was like pulling an iceberg and so he deflated the raft and they rode with us. This is how Cambree rode most of the way in the raft...
Soon, we were able to adopt out one of our children to another canoe. This is Brinlee hitching a ride with Jaxon, Courtney and Megan! She rode the rest of the way down the river with them. (Thanks you Anderson people!) Megan is due to have a baby in about 3 weeks!?! Crazy isn't she?
This is my aunt and uncle and Mikayla... she is Lane and Chelsie's little girl. My girls love playing with their girls!
Chelsie, Lane, Makenzie and Mason... (Ryan and Rosalie in the background along with everyone else in the state!)
Here Aidan is at the end of the trip kicking his feet in the water.
At the end we just played in the river while we waited for the boys to shuttle back the cars!
7 comments:
That looks like tons of fun! I bet your kids will remember it and have great memories about it like you do.
Looks like fun, I love floating and haven't gotten around to it this year. It was easier when we were little because we just climbed into the boat and someone else paddled now we have to do the prep work and paddle.
You do the neatest things as a family. That's awesome. I get a laugh out of Aiden because he reminds me of my daughter and how she acts. It must be their age or something. :)
You guys are so cute. and brave for taking all those little kids! I am impressed. I miss you!!!
HTat looks like so much fun! Finally, a use for that blasted raft...:)
Glad to be of service! We had a great time. Only 14 days to go. WOo-HoO!
You are making me so homesick!! That is two blogs in a row about things I did growing up. I so want to take my kids down the river. Lucky.
Oh and check your email for the skirt instructions.
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