Weekend in Pine Mountain Lake

The last month has been a very stressful time for Josh and his family. His grandma Donna was diagnosed with brain cancer in June and sadly passed away a few weeks ago. She was an awesome lady who was clearly loved by all! We were lucky enough to be able to fly up north to spent time with his whole family and hear many wonderful stories about Donna, see some amazing pictures and spent time with everyone.

All 3 kids were amazing travelers making the trip so successful I think we will even do it again! :) Owen smiled at EVERYONE and was comfortable in anyone's arms. Owen fell in love with my sister-n-law Amy and cousin-n-law Brittany! They were beyond helpful I kept saying I needed them to move to SD with us :) The older kids had a BLAST with all of their cousins, it was so fun to watch. They are very lucky to have such a big family who love to have fun. It was unfortunate circumstances that brought us all together but Donna would have loved seeing all of the love she had created.

I, of course, took a million pictures!

Here we go!

Of all the toys I had strategically packed this was the most entertaining.

It feels a bit like planes trains and automobiles getting up to Groveland since we fly and then drive 2.5 hours but everyone was great!

Craig hooked us up with a house on the lake and it was PERFECT! The neighbor even had a tire swing and stuff to play on.

 

This guy had so much love last weekend and I like to think he brought a lot of joy too!

Kailyn reminded me so much of Emmy, like two peas in a pod. She even threw up the peace sign just like Emmy does for every pic. Haha

Owen has found his feet and never lets them go! 

 

Happy Baby!

 He loved Grandpa :)

Pine Mountain Lake was closed the whole weekend because of a sewage spill. BUMMER! So we found a pool to swim in to cool off it was 100 degrees all weekend!

O-Man LOVED the water

 

This picture makes me laugh so hard!

The boys had lots of iPad time together

 It was Amy's birthday on Saturday so Zach baked her a cake. Happy Birthday Amy!

 

Emmy and Amy who she calls "Ant" which earned her the nickname "beetle"

Owen was finally able to meet Genesis!

Skipping rocks

Sleeping like a king in the bed. I actually got him to sleep longer than 30 minutes!

These two sure love each other 

Hanging with Grandma and Grandpa :)

Owen was constant entertainment for everyone

 

 

I really need to start taking pictures of some adults during our trips! At least Amy snapped these few :)

Our last night Emmy and Ryan hopped on the boat with all the adults while we packed. 

 

  

Until next time...