You lose a little bit of that magic when you get older and no longer have a proper summer vacation. And you lose it even more when it's only 55 degrees in the morning and you can comfortably wear jeans in the middle of July, and you haven't felt the relief of air-conditioner after coming in from the steamy outdoors in about two years.
I flew to South Carolina a few days before T.J. got off to enjoy a little extra time with my family. Stepping off the plane and being hit by that wall of humidity felt like home! It's not summer if you can't complain about the heat so after lunch with my mom and sister we of course had to treat ourselves to a sno-ball!
That night we went to one of my favorite restaurants in town to celebrate all being together (minus T.J.) for the first time since Christmas.

My parents walked me all through house and I picked out my future room and then we picked paint colors. Before too long I was way too hot and sweaty and I had to take my inaugural jump in the lake, the perfectly clear blue lake that I now refer to as "our lake". The water is so flipping warm so I literally stayed floating on my noodle for about 2 hours turning into a prune until we decided to take the boat out. We grabbed dinner dockside and enjoyed our sparkly sunset ride back to the house.
The next couple of days we got more snoballs, lazed by the pool, took a walk around my Alma mater, reapplied a lot of sunscreen, had BBQ with my cousin and aunt and uncle, and stopped by my in-laws house so I could meet their goats!
The next day T.J. and and I and his folks cruised around the lake some
more and made a stop by the waterfall which was a nice relief because,
unlike the rest of the lukewarm lake, the water is actually cold and
refreshing. We spent the rest of the afternoon napping and reading and
then my parents again for dinner on the lake.
We slept in again on Tuesday and then just the two of us went out for ride together on the boat before it was time to head back in to town. We had dinner out that night and walked around downtown and grabbed ice cream and made several Pokemon Go players stop to snap a couple family photos for us.
The next day I went furniture shopping with my mom and daydreamed about decorating my own lake house one day way way in the future. Then we had lunch at the cutest little hardware store turned cafe and I had a pimento cheese biscuit BLT and tomato okra soup- a lunch combo I could probably never find in Washington. Afterwards we popped by my sister's school to check on the progress of her adorable kindergarten classroom-those are some lucky lucky little kiddos! Then I headed back to meet T.J., feed the goats again, and then go swimming at the pool at my parents apartment.
It was fun to re-live it here. Not as much fun as the actual living but still, your words and pics make me happy.
ReplyDeleteLoved the photos and hearing about your wonderful family-filled get-away!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun family vacay! I love the goat pics so adorable and you look amazing in that color block suit..wish I was brave enough to do pics in a swimsuit on my blog...!
ReplyDeleteLooks like such a fun trip! And that house and your lake sound amazing! The perfect place to make tons of family memories!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you had a good trip! Also, we have the same swimsuit only I have high waisted bottoms!!! #mombelly ;-)
ReplyDeleteGreat blog Sweet Girl. Miss you so much. Time with you was so precious and way too fast. XOXOX
ReplyDeleteAh what a great trip! Love your photos!!!
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