Last week we got to head over to Vogel State Park in north Georgia for 3 days of vacation with the Watts family. It was super fun! Vogel is awesome! Bert and his family went there often when he was growing up, but he hasn't been in years. I don't think I've ever been although I will say I have a terrible memory so I could be corrected on that.
We got there just before supper on Sunday night and headed straight down to the creek after we dropped our stuff off. The kids LOVED the creek. So did the adults. It was fun to see the kids having so much fun!
Hannah Beth was proud of herself for picking up this big rock.:)
Bert had Claire in the backpack at first but she kept saying "wak, wak, wak, wak" (Walk). We caught on and had a happy girl after we let her down to play with the big kids.
She kept trying to shake off my hand even though she was quite unstable on all the rocks. Ha!:)
These kiddos had fun together! Rosemary - 8, Emily - 5, Solomon and Hannah - 3.
We cooked hotdogs, hamburgers and smores on the grill the first night we were there. Our girls started out cooking their own hotdogs but the smoke kept getting in their face so they wanted their daddy to finish it up.
One morning we took the kids down to one of the big parking lots and let them ride their scooters. They thought it was lots of fun!
I thought this was a sweet picture of my man and my littlest.
Bert and his family used to go to a stocked trout fishing pond every year when they went to Vogel, and the kids had been very excited about getting to fish too! Emily and Hannah have maybe fished a time or two in Hartwell, but never caught anything. On Monday morning we loaded up and headed down the road to the pond they always went to, but unfortunately it was temporarily closed. We had to do a little driving to get to another pond that was stocked with trout, but there was no turning back now. We were definitely going to go fishing. The drive was just breathtaking. We stopped at one point just to get out and enjoy the view. Claire had fallen asleep right before this stop, so just let her keep snoozing away.
Hannah loves her Daddy!
We made it and the kids were excited. We had an adult for each kid so it worked out perfectly. Grandmama and Emily were a team.
Pawpaw and Solomon.
Alison and Rosemary. In the picture below Rosemary and Alison are actually catching our first fish of the morning. Rosemary was doing a cute little dance as they brought it in.:)
Bert and Hannah were a team (background) and I was in charge of this cutie.
Bert and Hannah are catching their fish in the picture below!
The girls were excited!
I told them to look at me for this one, but Hannah didn't want to take her eyes off the fish. I actually don't blame her.
The fish were everywhere, but just not biting that morning. It was crazy. We're assuming that they must have been fed pretty recently. Even being there for a couple hours we only caught 3 fish that morning...Bert/ Hannah, Alison/Rosemary and Pawpaw/Solomon each caught one, but Grandmama and Emily didn't catch anything. Emily was a little disappointed, but I was so proud of how she handled it. She didn't get upset at all.
This sweet thing didn't understand why I wouldn't let her go for a swim. She tried several times.
Tuesday morning we got ready and headed out for a hike around the lake. It was about a mile hike and all the kids did great.
We hiked down to this waterfall. Beautiful!
Alison and Solomon had to leave Monday afternoon so that Alison could get back for work on Tuesday. We missed them, but we were super excited Rosemary was able to stay for the rest of the trip!
After our hike we had planned to do paddle boats, but found out they weren't open during the week in August, so we decided to do a little mini golf instead.
This stinker made it her goal to get to the ball before you did, pick it up and keep it. She's actually pretty quick too!
Playing in the creek was one of our favorite things to do on the trip. The water was so refreshing and it was fun watching the kids use their imaginations.
I sure do love this beautiful little girl.
They were making a "house" and trying to stop the water from getting in their "house." It was cute!:)
She's growing up on me, but still looked kind of little in this picture, which I like!
After our fun in the creek we made a last minute decision to let them go jump in the lake. They have a roped off swimming area. We didn't have time to go back up to the cabin to change before dinner, so we just let them get in with their already wet clothes on. Again, happy campers.
We had a really fun day and at dinner that night we went around the table and talked about our favorite thing that we had done that day. Emily said this we hers: "Getting to hang out with Rosemary while they (her daddy and Pawpaw) were cooking dinner." Sweet cousins.
The porch was one of their favorite places to play. You can't tell from this picture but it was huge and so peaceful out there.
Grandmama had these cute shirts made for the kids!! They WERE happy campers!
We had such a great time with Grandmama, Pawpaw, Alison, Rosemary and Solomon. We are so thankful for the wonderful memories we made! Thankful for family!
No comments:
Post a Comment