My poor dad was either blessed or cursed by having my birthday occur a week before his. While we tended to celebrate my birthday the whole month, he only got one day. I was always a spoiled little thing, so it was nice to take him away this weekend and spoil him just a little bit.
A few months ago, my mom and I were throwing around the idea of hosting a big bash for his 70th birthday. We started talking about caterers and locations and invitations, and my dad didn't really say anything. He didn't seem to excited for it, but I think he was going to go along with it, ha! He finally conceded one day at lunch that he'd really rather prefer that we all go somewhere together, something we haven't done since before Charlie was born. He really wanted to go to St. Simons, but we all had forgotten that Luke would be in school now and it's just not doable to drive down there for a quick weekend. My mom got online and found this amazing house at Lake Hartwell which is just about 2 hours from where we are. An easy drive, a nice house for the weekend to rest and relax.
This weekend we spent time together as a family and relaxed by the lake. The house was so big that the kids could just run around like crazy. We took walks in the woods and went down to the lake. We ate out and cooked at home and it was just really, really nice. The drive was easy and we were still able to spend some time down there today before coming back and getting ready to start the week again.
Our next big adventure is our trip to Savannah in October. Dillon and I have started checking out our dining options and we're excited to be staying at the Wilkes House. There's a lot of work to get done between now and then though so we're trying to get through. Then we're on to the holidays. This year has gone by so quickly, I don't know quite what all we've done. It's just been one big blur.
Oh, and Luke's also decided that he wants to be a hobbit again for Halloween. Is it bad to repeat the same costume?! I'm thinking of making Charlie a dwarf but I don't know if that's feminine enough. I really want to crochet her a beard to wear. HA! I'm looking forward to our fall. It's always such a fun time!
Dominoes!
 |
| We walked down to this sketchy dock at the house. It was only held to the shore by two cables and the walkway was basically falling into the lake. We still went up on it. HA! |
 |
| This was one of those weekends where you pack makeup, but you actually don't ever put it on. It. Was. Awesome. |
 |
| We're the only idiots who build a fire in 90 degree weather. It was SO HOT. Poor Dillon was sweating during our weenie roast. |
 |
| Camp life! |
 |
| There was also a game room in the basement. Luke likes pool and Dillon and I battled at Foosball. He won. Every game. :( |
 |
| Such a good picture of all of us! HA! |
 |
| Add caption |
 |
| My new wine rack that Dillon made me! |
No comments:
Post a Comment