Full house

Well, we're all back home. The kids have been in Florida with Keith's parents for the past week. We drove down this weekend to get them and bring them home. It's been such a crazy summer so far. The boys have been gone three out of the past four weeks, and Chloe has been gone two of those! I'm not sure what it's like to have three kids anymore. I'm finding out pretty quickly this morning because the boys have already been arguing, as usual.
We had a great weekend in Florida. We had an interesting boat ride on Sat. Pops got a pontoon boat for the day and we went out to Crab Island. Since I'm not from there, it's funny to me that Crab Island isn't an island at all, but a sand bar. It's huge and you can just walk around on it. It's a great place to go and hang out, and even the kids can walk around. The boys loved it as usual, and Chloe loved it too once we made her get in. Sometimes you have to show her that she can do something before she believes you. Anyway, the weather was great while we were there, but it went from good to bad pretty quickly once we headed back. We knew before we ever went out that there was a pretty good chance of rain, but I think we got more than we bargained for. It was raining so hard, we couldn't see just a few feet in front of us. Then the water got so choppy that the boat was rocking really big. We finally had to beach the boat and get off on the beach. It was pretty scary. We hung out there until the storm blew over a little, and then headed back in. Oh, I forgot to mention that it wasn't just raining, but lightning all around us. Anyway, we finally made it back, and decided not to go back out. We were planning on staying out all day, but we were all ready to be on land after that. It rained and stormed for the rest of the day, so I was very thankful that we were safely on land. It was quite an experience.