The White House: Midnight Catastrophe!

This trip was not really a catastrophe, it was quite the adventure!! The weather was windy and cold most of the time. But there was one nice day and we loved it. So here is the story. The first day we played around on the dock and fished while Zane got the details of his new boat worked out! While we were playing on the dock, Jaden was playing with the rope, I was right next to him and all of the sudden I heard a SPLASH! I looked over and saw that he was in the water kicking and screaming! He was just far enough away that I could not reach him..... so I had to jump in and save him. I couldn't really feel the water because I just wanted to save my baby! Leave it to Jaden to fall off the dock!

The next day we wanted to boat down to the dam, which was 100 miles down shore. We got a late start, we took a nice hike to see the beautiful arch. Te day was warm and wonderful. We get down to the dam and decide to eat at the restaurant. So we ate and then thought we better start heading back because it was late. SO we get about 5 miles away and Brad's fishing boat goes into safety mode and we can't go anymore. So we all jump in Zanes boat and have to tow Brads boat with Zanes. At this point it is 10:00 at night. So we trudge along in the dark (thank heavens for modern technology) we tracked our course on the way over and then were following it on the way home. So we finally get all the kids asleep, there were bodies everywhere. The boys were up on the deck to help navigate in the dark. When going that slow and having the shell on it, there were terrible fumes coming from the motor, and all of the sudden the alarm goes off for the carbon monoxide. So we open the windows and all felt a little better as the alarm goes back to normal. So the fumes were still terrible above deck, and the boys start not feeling well at all. To add to the drama, there was Jeff and his family following us in his boat on the way home, and they run out of gas!!! Holy Cow, so were hooked him up to the back of the fishing boat, and Zane pulls two boats with his. When we were hooking up Jeffs boat, Zane had to lay down because he was not feeling well, Brad was chumming the fish, and Shane was not making any sense. It was crazy, I think Jeff ran out of gas at the right time (there was a divine intervention) because the boys had to get out of the fumes before it was BAD!!! Needless to say, we made it safely and are grateful for that!

Despite what had happened most of it is funny now that we are looking back, it wouldn't be a vacation without drama. We all had a blast and are planning another trip when the weather is better.

So thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for a fun vacation. We loved it and can't wait to go again!!