Each overcast and rainy morning was spent consuming a huge breakfast and playing competitive games of WAR...
…but each afternoon the sun came out and the lake came alive!
We spent our weekend paddling around in kayaks…
[Banks and Eppes]
…and canoes…
[Uncle David, Mary Reese, Banks & Eppes]
[Banks, Maddy, Olivia and Eppes]
We hung out on the dock…
…and held cannonball contests…
Mary Reese was pouting because they didn’t jump off the dock in the direction she wanted. The boys got with her program on the next go around…
…and all was well again.
We cruised the lake [thanks to David and Popsy for hammering a boat plug back into place]…
Owen had a huge grin on his face the entire time he was on the boat.
We sunned from the back of the boat…
…while the big kids did a little cliff diving…
[Banks and Eppes]
[Olivia, Maddy, Eppes & Banks]
We visited a man-made beach…
…creating our own Redneck Riviera…
We had deep conversations about the meaning of life on the lake bank…
We played in the mud after an afternoon rainstorm…
…and spent quality time swinging on the deck…
[Eppes, Owen, Aunt Stacey, Mary Reese and Banks].
What lake trip wouldn’t be complete without some delicious food? Saturday night we grilled hamburgers and hotdogs to go with our lake fries and baked beans. On Sunday the men smoked a boston butt and a couple of slabs of ribs…
…to accompany potato salad, slaw and “Papaw’s Famous grilled corn on the cob” [Mary Reese was asking me why the corn was white instead of yellow. I was telling her my Papaw Leo use to grow the best white corn which my Nana used to turn into creamed corn. Mary Reese started referring to the grilled corn as “Papaw’s Famous” recipe].
We rounded out a fun weekend around a “campfire”…
…devouring some delicious & delightful S’mores…
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