Memorial Day Weekend

We had a very busy, very fun Memorial Day Weekend this year.  We started it off with a birthday celebration for my mom at the Java Station in Toccoa! 

We surprised her with a Reece's Cup cake.  She has a deep, deep love for Reece's Cups so we thought it would be fun!  This was her reaction....she was excited!:)  

Happy Birthday Mimi!  

Back in Greenville, we took the kids to play at the park one morning.  They had fun!  One of us pushed Claire around in the stroller while she slept and the other one played with the big girls.  

These girls have the best Daddy!  

We love this park that is so close to our house!  

Friday afternoon we headed up to Davidson River Campground near Brevard, NC, to see some new friends who were camping there for the weekend.  It was about an hour and fifteen minute drive from our house.  It was a beautiful drive AND we got boiled peanuts! I had told Bert on the way that I felt like you are just supposed to have boiled peanuts for this kind beautiful drive through the mountains, and as soon as we saw a roadside stand I said we should pull in and get some. He didn't argue.  

Our friends have a 4 year old boy that is just 4 days younger than Emily, and another little boy who is 17 months old.  The kids had lots of fun playing together!  Claire hung out with the adults this trip, but she'll be playing with the kids in no time.  

I snapped the picture below right after Emily had dumped the entire bucket of water on herself.  The water was COLD, but she didn't seem to mind.  Thankfully, I did have a change of clothes for them, which was good because they both needed it!

We had hamburgers and hot dogs for dinner and then made smores.  Yummm!  

Hannah preferred to eat her smore separate.  

We decided that this might have been Emily's very first smore.  She LOVED it! 

The girls were tired and dirty when we left, but it was fun!!  Bert's sooo ready for us to take a family camping trip!  I'm still a little nervous about taking a 4 yr old, 2 yr old and 4 month old camping, but he's about talked me into it, so stay tuned for that.:)  

Saturday afternoon Bert took the youth group to the Braves game in Atlanta.  They didn't win, but the kids had fun!  The girls and I packed up and headed over to Lake Hartwell to spend the weekend with my parents.  Bert came over to the lake house after the Sunday night service at church and spent Monday with us.  It was fun!  

Claire got to take her very first boat ride.  Uncle Jimmy came by to pick us up on his pontoon after dinner one night.  It was a beautiful night on the lake...so peaceful!  

I'd say Claire was a fan!  

  

The first day on the lake Emily wasn't too sure about the waves.  She was just nervous and needed a little warming up!  By the second day she was good to go!  

Our music minister, Martha, bought the girls these cute matching bathing suits!  So sweet!  

Nappin' on the dock...

We always have fun playing with Jacob!  

Claire's first time in the lake.  Although, she didn't actually get in...she just snuggled up with Mommy and stayed as dry as a bone, so I'm not sure if we'll count this or not.  

It was a fun, relaxing weekend!