A Christmas to Remember

Here is one story from this past Christmas that I hope will bring you some laughs. It was a Christmas that I will never forget.Ryan and I traveled to south Florida to stay with his parents for a week. We had some great adventures while we there.We went to Disney World, to the beach and went sailing. Here is the account from the day of one of our sailing adventures:

 After opening presents and taking family Christmas pictures the immediate Van Zee family decided to go sailing. It was a bit cold but a nice day for sailing. We were having a great time sailing and we had even seen dolphins for the second time this week. Ryan's dad let me drive the boat and everything seemed to be going well for the first few minutes and then just as we were getting ready to turn to head back in, we hit the ground! Yes, our boat became grounded and I just happen to be driving. We tried everything  but we had to face the hard truth that the boat was not going anywhere and neither were we.

After a few calls to friends, Ryan's dad got some of his buddies to come out to try to rescue us. About an hour after we grounded the boat we see this tiny pontoon boat coming to help us. It was kind of comical at first but then the reality sunk in that yes this is really happening and yes that is the boat that is going to take us back in.

We all piled on to the flat top pontoon boat and started our slow ride back in to the yacht club. Our rescue boat actually began to sink in our last 5 minutes of the ride!  The guys were super nice that came out to get us and even had hot chocolate waiting for the kids back at the bar of the club. We were able to have good attitudes about it and took the opportunity to take lots of pictures and even laugh a little. I know we will laugh even more about this in the years to come.

Thankfully,they were able to get the boat out the next morning. I know this will be something that the family will not let me live down for a long time or ever!  What a great Christmas memory!