We bought a boat!

It has always been a dream of Eric's and mine to get a boat one day, to at least try it out and see if that lifestyle is for us. We looked around earlier in the year but were never able to jump on buying anything quick enough. Since we don't know what we're doing, we wanted to have a boat mechanic friend of ours look at any of the boats we were considering. But boats go quickly around here so we were never able to make that happen. With the weather warming up lately, we thought our window for boat-buying this year had closed.

Until yesterday. Our mechanic friend said that someone was selling their boat at his marina. He had been taking care of it for the past two years and said it was in excellent condition, perfect for a family. It was also an incredible deal. The boats we had been looking at in our price range were beat up, much older, and even more expensive than what we paid for this one.

When Eric and one of our neighbors went to go pick it up, apparently there was another guy that was waiting to buy it for well over what we paid if our deal didn't go through. 

Practically the whole street came over to see it and congratulate us. The kids of course loved playing on it and taking turns 'driving' to various countries.

And one of our favorite parts is the name - which won't be changing. Meet our boat, Baby Steps. Can't wait to get it on the water!