Memorial Weekend

Does this sound like a relaxing weekend at the river?

*Arrive Wednesday night.
*The Van (with the only tow hitch) breaks down EVERY time we used it.
*My Dad took the sticker that's gets us into the park with the boat ramp with him to IDAHO!
*When we finally get the jet ski in the water on Thursday night...Chad and Jake have to float down with it in the dark..before they finally get it working.
*Chad and Jake work on the Van for hours EVERYDAY...in the heat.
*The RIVER didn't come up to boating level till 6:30..PM! EVERYDAY! Usually it's up by 10/11am.
*We couldn't get the van to work during those hours...or very many other hours for that matter.
*We finally found a neighbor to let us use his truck by Saturday night to put our boat in.
*About to shove the boat off the trailer...OH NO. What's this? The boat battery is dead. By the time we get it to our doc it's DARK.
*We get an hour to go out on the boat Monday night. We go tubing: Tube rips after 30 minutes.
*Our neighbor is leaving town so we pull the boat out just before dark.
*Clean river house and leave late Monday night.

We tried to make the most of a very frustrating trip.
We still got to ski the kids. Make sand castle's. Skip rocks. Play in the sand. Tube the kids. Float down the river. Go fishing. Swim in the pool. And ENJOY friends.

Notice the bottom 3 pictures. It will look familiar to my roommates! (1st: The dry land start. 2nd: Be a ball. 3: Resist the boat/jet ski!) We detached the rope from the tied-togethers since Alexis is just way too good at skiing with it all attached. So we attempted teaching Alexis to pull herself up and out of the water. She did great at that. She just needs some more practice at staying up balancing since she controls it all with the rope now. She could get about 15 feet. She's such a good sport at trying new things!