Monday, June 13, 2011

First Vacation in 2011

Our first vacation in 2011 was super quick but we managed to pack in a ton of stuff! We arrived late Thursday night and before heading 50 miles south to our hotel we stopped at The Black Eyed Pea for some chicken fried chicken. I guess we are one of "those" people who miss living in Colorado just because we loved that place, the fried okra, the peach cobbler ... anyway it was wonderful. By the time we arrived to our hotel we were stuffed and it was bedtime. Friday morning brought us an adventure further south to a mountain area with small lakes. It was a beautiful day and we managed to take a few cute pictures.






After we spent a few hours hanging out in the fresh air we ate at a small restaurant in some small town and the food was decent. We headed back to the hotel in the early afternoon to meet up with the rest of the incoming family who had finally arrived. After getting our hugs the girls decided it was time to swim in the motel's indoor heated to 90 degree pool. 5 hours later .... yes I said 5 hours! They swam so long they started to get a rash from the intertubes but they had a blast.


Saturday morning was the actual "reunion" and we had a big group of people. We ate, hung out and talked and the kids went swimming again for most of the day. I don't know how Summer didn't learn to swim as much as she was in the water. I am pretty sure she learned how to breath under water :o)

Here are a few people who were at the reunion - not all by far!

The girls playing in some rocks at the lake, the lake that was near our motel where many of the family reunion members camped.


Some train cars near our motel.


On Sunday most everyone left, well I guess everyone left - even us, but our flight wasn't until 7:30 PM so we had the entire day to find something to do. We decided we would go visit the sand dunes. It was pretty sandy but pretty cool!




Summer is such a pro at flying, she fell asleep and stayed asleep during the flight there and back. She is like me, the plane puts me right to sleep!

Next stop - the beach, coming in July so stay tuned!

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