We Bought A Boat!

May 20, 2016
When we first moved to Mississippi Andy asked for a boat.  Since we live so close to the water we probably need one.  I told him that we would talk about it after he passed his boards.  This spring he took his oral boards and passed! :)  So we had to talk about a boat.  We found one for sale close by.  The guy selling the boat works at the hospital.  Andy has worked with him in the OR.  We went out with him to test drive the boat.

Pulling up to the marina.

Andy test driving.  That was the selling point.  Once he drove it he decided that was the boat for us!

Andy signed the papers and bought the boat by the end of the week!

Andy brought the boat home behind the van.  The kids love the boat!  They climbed over every inch of it!!

Bradley and Eliza

This is the little cabin on the boat.  It is nice to have a place for the kids to get in out of the sun.

Getting ready for the maiden voyage!

Josh isn't sure about this whole boat thing.

Launched and ready for a ride.

Josh fell asleep on the ride.

We found some really big boats on our trip up the river.

Daniel got a chance to drive.

Bradley got a chance to drive!

Dad got a nap...very short!

Eliza got a turn to navigate.

Nathan brought us in to the marina.

We had a tornado warning in the middle of the night.  Since it was the middle of the night we just had the kids sleep in the hallway downstairs by the bathroom just in case there really was one.

These things always make Eliza super nervous!

Eliza, Nathan and Bradley spend the whole night on the floor.
The warning only lasted about 30 minutes so Andy, Daniel and I went back up to bed.  Josh slept through the whole thing and Andy got to pack him up and down the stairs. :)

The next morning was beautiful!

Can you see the slight rainbow above the houses?