My heart melted last Thursday when I got a phone call from my almost two year old niece, Abby Grace, saying, “Hi Lala!” I heard my brother Jeff in the background saying, “Tell Aunt Lala that you love her” and not a second too soon she said, “I love you, Lala.” Made.My.Day. You can only imagine how the thought of seeing my precious niece in t-minus two days added to my excitement of the up and coming 4th of July weekend. I could not WAIT to see her little angel face and hold her in my arms. There is nothing better than spending a holiday weekend with those that you love the most!
On Friday morning, John and I headed to the lake for our fun-filled getaway. When we pulled up the entire house was adorned in all of her patriotic glory. After throwing down our bags and changing into our swimsuits we hopped on the boat for a nice, long boat ride with the parentals. After we docked and bathed, we headed to the “Silver Moon” for dinner, the best restaurant in Greensboro! It is a small hole-in-the-wall with lots of personality. And the food? Amazing. On Saturday, we took the boat to the "sandbar” and anchored for a few hours. The water was so refreshing, the speakers on boats were blaring some great tunes, people were lying on floats with drinks in hand and laughing with friends, the sun was shining, and the American Flag was waving in the wind—a piece of 4th of July heaven!
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| A view of the Ritz-Carlton from the water. Gaby's, on the far right, is where we held our wedding reception. |
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| A view of the Lake Club from the water. |
We ate a great lunch and headed back to the house late afternoon to get ready for my parent’s new next door neighbor’s holiday party. And what a party is was! The house was amazing and the view, even more amazing. We ate, chatted with friends, and enjoyed the entertainment.
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| My sweet parents. |
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The spread.
On Sunday, Jeff, Katye, and the babies came!!! I immediately loved on Abby, Daley, and Will. They are all so precious. We took Abby down to the dock and she let me snap a few pictures of her.
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| So curious about everything. |
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| Like father, like daughter. |
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| Laughing at the squirrels. |
After that, we lotioned all three up, put on their bathing suits, and headed to the Lake Club for some pool action. Abby Grace loves the pool and is such a brave little bee. She flutters around all by herself, jumps off the side all by herself, and even went down the waterslide with Aunt Lala! William and Daley weren’t so sure about the pool. Daley preferred to lay in the shade with Papa.
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| William is looking a little irked, but oh so cute in his little peanut hat. |
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| Daley can't live without her Passy! |
Later that night, mom made a delicious Low Country shrimp boil. The babies were getting sleepy so Jeff, Katye, and their three amigos left shortly thereafter. But for us, the 4th of July party didn’t stop there. We then headed to the Ritz-Carlton Lodge for its amazing fireworks show!!!
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| Another picture of Gaby's. Oh, the memories. |
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| All of the boats in the water. |
And of course...I saved the best for last! The first video is a taste of the entire show.
...and the Grand Finale! (I apologize for it being sideways).
Due to a minor mishap (John losing his keys), we were able to stay all day on the 4th (we, as in I…John’s day was consumed by driving an hour and a half to meet his dad to get a spare key and an hour and a half back). Mom, dad, and I spent most of the day on the boat, looking at houses, and relaxing. By 5:00 the husband and I said goodbye and headed back to Birmingham. I was super bummed that we couldn’t stay for the firework show that we venture to by boat at Great Waters Country Club, but we did get back in time to see the fireworks at Vulcan. All in all, it was a great weekend spent with my family. I am really looking forward to our beach trip in a couple of weeks. I hope that everyone had a great 4th of July weekend! 364 more days…
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