Mountain Lake Vacation

We just returned from a week-long vacation to the beautiful Lake Keowee/Jocassee area. We stayed in a house with a bunch of family! It was so much fun to swim in a cool mountain lake and enjoy the beautiful outdoors! Grace loved swimming in the lake, too! We enjoyed having cousin Roman along, too.

We hiked around the neighborhood one morning to see all the beautiful houses that were on the lake. As you can see, Roman and Grace aren't used to walking up/down slopes.

We took a 1.5 mile hike at Devil's Fork State Park. Grace decided she didn't like the hiking backpack, so I ended up carrying her a lot of the way. Whew, that was a workout!

Grace had to have a stick because Roman had one.

Our view from the dock. The water was so clear! I can't wait to go back!

Ben took Grace for a spin in the kayak. Ben went fishing several times from the kayak.

This was my favorite day. We all rented a pontoon and went to see the waterfalls on Lake Jocassee. This was my favorite waterfall. You could swim right under it.

Ben climbed to the top!

Joy ride on the pontoon

Future skipper. This was her favorite seat!

We climbed this rock quarry and jumped into the lake below.

Here's Ben jumping!

We played hard! Grace was worn out!

Happy 4th of July!

We had a great 4th of July celebrating our nation with my family. It was a beautiful day and perfect weather! Grace got to see fireworks for the 1st time and we were far enough away that the noise did not bother her. Here are some pics from our day...

Grace's festive hair-do

Yummy fried flounder dinner (great fishing Dad) and ribs

Grace's 1st bbq rib

GG Ma & Papa Jack

Grace goes for a ride!

Someone got to stay up way too late to watch fireworks!

My girls!

June Update

Where did June go?! Here are some pictures of our fun family b-day/Father's Day weekend. We celebrated Ben's b-day with a trip to the Bee City petting zoo. It was really fun and Grace enjoyed watching, but had no interest in feeding the monkeys, llamas, sheep or goats. :) We then came home to eat "happy cake" as Grace calls it. Ben requested coconut cake...yum! The next day we celebrated Father's Day with the family at the beach. It was a fun-filled weekend for sure. We are blessed!

These were my favorite to feed!

Bunnies were the only animal Grace was brave enough to pet.

Everyone loves a train!

Grace is not impressed.

The llama in the back had buck teeth on the bottom, just like our dog Saki. hehe

Happy Birthday Ben...George (cat) wants a piece, too!

Grace snuggling with Nana at the beach.

Uncle Andrew trying to make a boy out of Grace.