Lake time in tennessee

I know I have mentioned about our lake time with the Suitors, but we were also lucky enough to take a mini vacation and spend time with the other side of our family! We headed to somewhere around Dover Tennessee. And when I say somewhere "around" I mean literally like it felt like we were kind of in the middle of nowhere but in a cabin with a lake. It was so much fun! I am so thankful that we planned the trip the way we did-Elem and I drove to my parents house in Memphis on Thursday night in hopes of breaking up the trip a little bit, because we had an almost 8 hour trip ahead of us. I knew Elem would not make it that entire way and I actually knew I wouldn't make it that far driving. And I so not a fan of driving and would better enjoy sitting in the back and watching movies and playing games with Elem. But Seth had to work so that was not an option this time! We made it to Memphis despite some bad weather, pretty late, spent the night, and headed out to meet my family the next morning. We were at the lake by noon, and spending time with the family and headed to the pool by 1pm. Elem was ready to do something active by the time we got there and he was so excited to see everybody-especially Memaw and Papaw. :) he hadn't seen Wyatt in quite a while so I was hoping he would be fun and play with him right away, and my sweet little man did not disappoint! He was all in Wyatt's room talking to him through his playpen right away, so I knew he was going to be good! Seth met us the following day and we all spent about 3 days together just relaxing, playing in the water, looking at the boatsI must warn you-this is picture overload, but we dont get to spend time with my side of the family all that much-especially all together, so I had to take advantage of the time to snap shots!

I must admit-much of the weekend was spent like this:


And the rest of it spent like this:


Uhm whats not to love. Chillin on the boat and in the lake with some adult beverages, and some family time, AND kickin on little beaches with lots of sand and tons of seashells for the cousins to check out!
Thank you to my sis and Vincent for finding us a secluded quaint little place to chill and hang out with the fam! Here is Elem with Memaw, Papaw, and the kitties!


Elem and Memaw LOVE to mess with those kitties and make sure they are still hiding where they were just a few seconds ago.


We spent some time at the pool-Memaw and Wyatt learning how to swim


And some time at the lake-Vincent and Wyatt testing the water.


Plenty more time in the pool-Wtare guns are really "IN" these days.


And the most wonderful last day on the "beach" that we found where the boys could just chill and hang out and dig in the sand.



We had such an amazingly relaxing trip and I am so happy that we were able to make it all the way to Tennessee. Even though it was way in the boonies! It is always so much fun to see my side of the family and this time even more than ever before, it was cool to see Elem remember everybody-like Wyatt and my sis and Vincent, and more so care what they thought and where they were. We live so far away that sometimes I feel like he might not remember them or really associate them as part of his close family or support group, but this trip proved me wrong. We talk about my family as if they were around a lot more so he is totally familiar with their names, etc. But it was refreshing and good to hear him talking to them and hanging out with them and just living them without being too shy. What a great way to relax and end the summer right before I seriously got going with school! Hopefully we can go back and so something of this sort every year!