Every time I sit down to update my blog, I feel like the same thought crosses my mind. How has this summer turned into such a whirlwind?? At this point, I feel like we were gone more than we were home throughout the month of July. Lance surprised me for our anniversary with a weekend trip to Reynolds Plantation, then I took a last minute trip with the boys to visit my sister and her family in Tuscaloosa. While on that trip, we got the call that my baby sister went into labor, so we made another last minute trip to head straight up to Cincinnati to visit with my sister and meet my new niece, Isabela Kate. In order to keep this from being 10 pages, I'm going to break this up into 2 posts...
First up - rest and relaxation for the weary! I have been wanting to go to Reynolds Plantation for a few years now after hearing from a lot of friends as to how peaceful and relaxing it is. After 9 years of marriage, my wish came true. Lance setup with our friends to watch Oakley and his parents to watch the kids, so I dropped them off in the morning on the Friday after our anniversary and headed down to pick Lance up from the office. I was so nervous because it was pouring down rain in Marietta when I dropped the kids and dog off. I thought, of course, the weekend I have away, its going to rain the entire time. Thankfully, as I started driving down the highway to pick up Lance, the clouds parted, the sun came out and we had a gorgeous weekend! We made it by mid-afternoon, checked in and headed straight down to the pool.
Aside from getting massages and eating, we pretty much spent the entire weekend sitting here or wading in the pool. It was the perfect getaway!
We even remembered to get a picture together!
I was also excited that they had hammocks all over the property. Growing up, my grandparents had a hammock in their backyard when they lived on the bay in Florida. I would sit out there for hours reading, napping and listening to the waves. This totally brought me back!
Combine this with my other favorite thing on the planet...smores, and you definitely have the perfect weekend!
They had a puzzle setup in the lobby and since Lance's mom's favorite past time is working on puzzles, I had to add a few pieces for her
We went to the Linger Longer steak house on the property one night to celebrate with a nice dinner and at the end of your dinner, they give each table cotton candy on a stick. I thought this was such a fun touch and of course, we took some home for the kiddos!
This is the life...
While I'm excited for our first family trip to the beach in a few weeks, I know it won't be quite as relaxing as this trip, so we made sure to soak up every ounce of leisure that we could! Thank you Lance - this was the perfect way to celebrate our 9 year anniversary!
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