Man/Woman/Dog Vs. Wild!

This was our last adventure of the summer.  We decided to pack it all up one more time and head to Twin Lakes Campground.  Let me tell you, we had ourselves a blast.  When we got there, we thought a tornado was coming across Lake Hartwell.  During all that tornadic activity, we were trying to put up our tent.  The tent became more of a parachute than a shelter. We were not the only ones having problems that day either.  Amber's daddy, Ricky, was setting up his pop-up camper and all most turned the whole thing over.  As our tent was about to soar us into the air and Ricky was flipping his camper, our neighbors came over and asked, "Do ya'll need some help?"  Needless to say, we had some pretty cool neighbors because they let us borrow a much needed hammer.  Once the homestead was established, we went swimming, tubing, skiing, and most importantly did some major grilling out.  One of our biggest challenge of the trip was trying to get our dog, Sadie, to swim.  We bought her a life jacket and for the most part it worked and she swam for a little while.  We do have to brag some about Sadie because she was such a good little dog while we were there.  She slept in the tent with us at night and that was pretty interesting.  All in all, we have to give major props to Ricky for being the camp cook/recreational chief.  Jamey, Hope, and the one and only Bryce were awesome campsite buddies.  To sum it up, we had an incredible time living outdoors and hope to do it again soon. 

Beach Bums

First off, sorry we haven't blogged in it seems like forever! But...we have been enjoying our last summer days off before school starts back. Honestly, we have spent some days being completely lazy and some we have spent being productive to get things done for school. We have made a few trips to our classrooms to attempt to start the new school year, but couldn't help but take a few last getaways with some of our favorite people.  Last week we went to the beach with Quinn's family.  We didn't get to go down until later in the week because we were busy helping with VBS at church.  Which, by the way, we had an awesome time dancing our hearts out with some amazing kids!  Anyway, we left on Wednesday to hit up the beach and catch some rays.  We had an incredible time getting to hang out with our new nephew Ellison and having a slumber party with Matthew and Nicole.  In case you are wondering, the reason our trip was like a slumber party is because Matthew, Nicole, Quinn, and I all slept in one room together in two twin size beds.  We were a bit snug, but it was seriously a lot of fun, except for the fact that Matthew wanted to keep closing the air vent because of dust.  The few days we had at the beach were incredible though! We went to the beach (even little Ellison), ate some incredible seafood, saw some unbelievable storms, played numerous games on the Wii, and rode bicycles through rain puddles.  It was so nice to just relax and be with our family without a care in the world. We can't wait for next year's beach trip with the Pearson's.  A trip to St. Simon's Island(where we went on our honeymoon) is in the works.