Jet boats and Chetco River

On Wednesday we headed up to Gold beach to take a jet boat ride up the river.  It was so much fun.  There was one moment I thought we might lose Malachi...Thankfully my mom caught him really quick.  Jocelyn did not like the life vest, but once the boat started moving faster, she fell right to sleep.  This was such a blast, but we did get pretty wet.

I think this was one of the kids' favorite activities.  This took the whole day.  We were supposed to have a fire on the beach and have hot dogs for dinner, but it was really cold and windy.  So we went to a different fire house that lots of tvs, and we had a movie on while we ate dinner and visited.  The kids watched the movie as the adults sat and visited.  It was still a lot of fun.

We stopped at Emily's house so they could take us to the new fire house.

They put on the Lego movie, and the kids loved it.  

Thursday was the day to go swimming in the Chetco River.  When we woke up and left it was so foggy and cold there by the ocean.  But just about a half hour inland, it was sunny and warm.  Everyone got in and enjoyed the river.  It was definitely cold at first, but we had so much fun.  We took up leftovers for lunch and just parked our cars right on the rocks by the river.  We had a nice little camp just set up there.

The kids have just loved being with Jocelyn, especially Rachel.  She loves to just sit and hold her.  They all just gather around Jocelyn, and she is just loving the attention.  

For our final night we met at a park just outside of town and all cooked in dutch ovens.  It was so good.  After dinner we had a short little talent show.  The kids all did really well.  Every night after the kids were in bed, we would go to my parents room and talk and laugh and just have a good time.  It's hard to believe that our reunion is over.  We have had such a great time.  Emily and Jeremiah did such a fantastic job.  Now I get to plan the next one in 2020.