The Medford Temple & Rouge River

We drove all the way from Salt Lake to Medford, Oregon on Saturday.  We all slept at Tony's parents the night before and woke up super early to get on the road by six.  It took about 13 hours total to get to Medford.

Once in Medford we got the car unloaded, ate some dinner, and then went swimming.  The kids LOVE to swim and had such a good time every time we went.  Sunday we woke up and went to church.  After church we changed and had some lunch.  Then we hung out in the hotel waiting for Nate, Amy and their family to meet us at the hotel.

After the boat started

Once they came we all went to check out the Medford Temple.  It was hidden in a little neighborhood and right by a church building.  It was very small but still very pretty.  We couldn't walk on the temple grounds because it was locked up, but we did walk around on the outside.

Before the boat started

On Monday we got up, ate, dressed, check-out and then headed towards Grants Pass to go on a "speed boat" on the Rouge River.  We checked in and all went potty and then walked down to the docks to get loaded onto the boats.  We all fit in the very back row of the boat. I sat on the end then Tyler, Josh, and Tony held Megan.

Gotta love that wind.

When the boat first started going really fast it was hard to catch your breath, but we quickly figured it out and just enjoyed all the air.  Tyler and Josh liked the ride and didn't mind the wind too bad.  Megan did good at first but quickly started to not like the wind.  She was then super tired and so she just cried...screamed...cried some more.  Then she pooped too.  It was sad.  So Tony and I switched spots and I held Megan.  Luckily I was able to get Megan to fall all the way asleep while the boat was idling (the dude was talking about the spots on the river where the movie The River Wild was filmed).

Wind in your ears...weird.

Then we got to our lunch spot and we all got out and went to the big eating hall.  The food was pretty good and we enjoyed the break from the boat.  Megan slept through lunch but I had to wake her up to change her diaper before we got back on the boat.  She did MUCH better on the way back to the docks.  She enjoyed the wind and didn't cry at all.  Tyler and Josh like that the guy didn't stop and talk so much and just did tricks and made the boat splash.  They also liked that we played leader with the other boat.  Josh was sad that the other boat won and got to the docks first.  We all had such a great time.  Love the speed boats.