Thursday, August 13, 2009

5th Annual Off Shore Boat Races

The first weekend in August (I'm a little behind with my blogging) we attended the Offshore Boat Races in St. Clair. This was our fifth year in a row we have gone. The first time I was almost five months pregnant with Noelle!



The races are fun to watch, but even more of a treat for us all is spending time with family and friends. My Grandparents have a condo right on the river and the view is beautiful. Not to mention the mountains and mountains of great food and conversation with old family friends. We look forward to the races every year.

We did not bring the children's bathing suits because, well to be honest I was lazy. They, of course, ended up in the water, throwing rocks in and playing in the sand. Max loved being close to the boats as they were racing. He tried to mimic the loud sound and it was pretty funny how it resembled growling!

The races started late, due to freighter traffic the children kept busy before the start. Noelle latched on to my cousin Allison, who was a favorite in Alaska, and a few other younger girls that were around, playing hide-n-seek and other games. Max walked around seeking things out that he could get into. He loved being able to climb up to where the buffet of food was and taking bites out of everything, then putting them back. I do believe his favorite was dipping carrots, chips, and vegetables and then licking/sucking off the dip and putting the it back. I tried to get them all out, but I have a feeling a few people ate an assortment of food with a tad bit of Max slobber on them!

By the time we left the children were tuckered out and quickly fell asleep in the car (Noelle decided to take a picture of her siblings when they were awake). We look forward to next year's races. How could you not love tons and tons of food, fast boats, gorgeous waters, and friends/family galore?

1 comment:

Amanda said...

What a terrific time! Love the Max stories.