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Saturday, October 30, 2021

Wind Creek Kelly's Girls Trip

OH MY GOODNESS I can't believe this actually happened. We had this booked for months and was sure someone would back out.... but nope! Donald got us all set up and we camped for the weekend and it was all the fun and laughs we thought it would be!!! It was Lauren's birthday so we celebrated, we talked and ate, paddle boarded and kayaked (a little) and just had the best time!!!

Wind Creek #6?!

Last year’s Labor Day trip to Wind Creek was so great that Kelly and I decided to run it back for a second year! Shortly after we left the campground in Sept 2020 we reserved the exact same spot for Sept 2021. We love this particular spot bc it is so convenient to the water. We take the kayaks, floats, and our new SUP and easily drop in for some fun.

This year I headed down on Friday evening with Carter to set up the camper while Kelly stayed back with the girls to get things packed. They showed up Saturday around 10:00 and we immediately hit the water. Later that afternoon Carter and I left to meet Dad for a trip to the Auburn game! We had a blast while the girls did all kinds of fun camp stuff back at the site. Sunday was a full on family day, including our annual tradition of touring Lake Martin with Kendall and family on their pontoon!

Always great memories!

Here is the photo dump....

Saturday, August 21, 2021

Another great trip with the Williams! This time we went to Cheaha for our annual get-together. It was so great spending some time with our friends and catching up. The kids picked up right where they left off.

***Well that was Donald's shortest blog post EVER..... so I am going to expand it a little. It was a very short trip but packed with so much fun! We met up with the Williams... we had so many back and forth and "is it worth such a short trip?" and we decided YES IT IS! So even though for us it was two nights and for them it was one night... we had a great time and we love the Williams and love that we have kept this going! I did some side by sides of the kids and one, I can't believe how much they have grown and two, I am so thankful we have continued our trips! We love to see the kids just pick up in the first couple of minutes, and this time we had two new pups with us that the kids have all decided are married. They do make a pretty cute couple though!

And then there's our sweet pups...

And we decided it would be a good idea to go tubing with this random company in Oxford.... it was fun, but maybe won't be repeated! The bus ride back was quite a ride!

We all had a great time... as always, great conversation and memories!

After the Williams left, the boys went ahead and headed back because Donald had to be at church. Which left us with a GIRLS NIGHT at the camper! We had such a great time, and Stella got to sleep in the bed:) We went for a little trail run and I had a blast with the girls!