The Boone Family

The third weekend in August marks the big event: The Childrens Challenge (aka kids mudder). This is one of our favorite traditions.  Now we take advantage of staying with Aunt Katie and Jeremy for the weekend. Friday afternoon we arrived at Aunt Katie's house and within minutes we were out on the boat ready for fun.  All three boys out on the tube! Faster, faster! Cool dude! Aunt Katie was very brave! On our summer bucket list the boys were sure to write "Go Fishing"...that one is always saved for a trip out on the boat with Uncle Jeremy.  Nolan was sure to remind us several times about the bass he caught last year and was hoping to catch that same bass this trip. He didn’t get the bass this year, but he did catch quite a few other fish. Each boy was able to reel in a fish of their own These are the coolest boys I know! Thanks so much Uncle Jeremy for your patience with these boys and for helping us check off another thing off our summer bucket li...

If you haven't guessed by now, traveling is what we live for.  The second weekend is August is our annual couples trip vacation!  This year our destination was Destin, Florida. We jumped on a plane with Truax's and Parkers. After landing we had lunch at Jacacuda's at Harborwalk.  We watched the boats come through the channel and quickly decided we needed to rent a pontoon boat while we were there! On our way to the condo we stopped to grab groceries and forgot how packed we were in the car with our luggage so we ended up like sardines inside the car.  Once we arrived at the condo, Bob found this great food service cart for us to load up and take all our groceries to the new place. Unpack the suitcases and groceries and head out to the beach.  We played for a while on the floating lillypads. Ready for dinner! Each morning this would be our beautiful view!  I spotted a dolphin one morning swimming out in the ocean. Saturday morning we rented a...