the lake for a weekend...what an adventure!

I know it was just yesterday that I updated everyone on Halloween but things have picked up around here so I have to catch up. This past weekend we went to the lake for the first time. We were trying to go about a month ago but ended up sick so we all stayed home.

The children and I picked up Neal at work on Friday at 5:00 and headed down 280. With the traffic as bad as it was we only made it to Chelsea before we stopped to eat dinner at KFC. Little did we know, Anna Grace is a HUGE fan and tried to eat us out of house and home - their kid's meal wasn't big enough for her! After eating we packed back in the van and didn't stop until we got to the lake house - Dean cried the whole way mind you.

Neal and I were thankful that everyone was still out to eat because I am not sure anyone was quite prepared for Anna Grace's display upon entering the house. It's a big house with nothing on the walls or windows and some rooms still without furniture therefore it echoes. Once she figured that out we were in for 30 minutes of squealing, running, and her yelling "ba" (Something that she does anywhere it might echo - I think Neal taught her.) throughout the upstairs and down. We finally settled her down for the night and she went to bed about 15 minutes before the rest of the family arrived. This whole time Dean was just thankful to be out of the car. He slept in his pack n play in our closet all weekend.

Our little drummer Anna Grace.

Saturday was quite eventful. We showed Anna Grace Neal's band in a box toy from when he was little. She LOVES to drum. She made music all over the house and yard. Saturday afternoon she decided to wonder off on her own. That gave everyone quite a scare. I found her playing in the rocks at the foot of the Seller's driveway a little way down the road. After that experience the child could not walk in the other room without us checking on her. Dean's big event for Saturday was to sleep. I finally went and woke him up at 4:15 - he went down for his nap at noon. It must be cozy in our closet.

Saturday night we made sure we watched the Alabama/LSU game. That was exciting; even the children got to stay up late to celebrate LSU's victory.

Dean doing his best to cheer LSU on to victory.

Sunday we came home and life went back to normal around here. As much fun as we all had at the lake I think we were all glad to be back at home sweet home.

Tune in next week for more updates - Anna Grace's 2nd birthday party is Saturday and Dean's baptism and brunch is Sunday!

much love,
cgh