Floating down the river

We got back to Chicago Sunday night post-oral surgery (I milked it for all I could!). That night I was exhausted! We stayed at my Uncle Dave and Aunt Linda's house. It was nice spending extra time with them and my cousin Amy. My Aunt and Uncle showed us photos from their wedding. I was their flower girl 19 years ago and Amy was our flower girl 4 years ago! We watched fireworks and then headed to bed.

In the morning Uncle Dave woke us up for breakfast. We went upstairs in our PJs to find out that we were going out to breakfast! Luckily we had some time to shower and get ready. We went to Egg Harbor with the family. It was good...well my oatmeal and luke warm coffee was good and everyone else's food looked yummy too! Here's a group pic of the "kids" after breakfast.

After breakfast Grant and I were picked up by Jordan. Just as soon as we arrived at her place and started talking about what to do for the day we got a call from Renee...BOAT!! So we quickly changed and headed up to Renee and Glenn's. We met Renee by the water and her mom, dad and brother picked us up at the dock in their boat.

We boated all day, grabbed a bite to eat and visited Renee's uncle's house on the Chain. It was beautiful!! The weather was perfect, the company was amazing and the lake was beautiful.

Renee's uncle lives along a little channel where boats go through. There are homes on each side of the water. Apparently it's an unwritten rule that if you ride by in a boat with water guns you will be sprayed by hoses and/or hit by water balloons/water guns by the homes along the channel.

We had a blast throwing water balloons and spraying the hose at the boats going by. Here are a few short videos from our time at Renee's uncle's house.
The Chain Part 1
The Chain Part 2
The Chain Part 3
We LOVED going out on the boat! Maybe one day Grant and I will get a boat of our own!

Later that night we met up with a bunch of great people for dinner at the Yard House. Grant and I had been to a Yard House twice before, both in Hawaii. It was a great place to meet up with some great friends. Here are some photos from dinner.