Visit with Poppy!

Dad came into town last week and we had a great time!  The kids love their Poppy!  So excited for Dad and his new adventures!  Looking forward to our next visit!! 

 

Elle telling Poppy where his nose is.  :)

 Being goofy with Poppy!  Dad is his happiest when he has these little rugrats crawling all over him!

 Dad's new southern look!

 Lookin' sharp!

Pizza party at the pool!

 Elle swam all by herself for the first time with Poppy!  She was loving it!

 Landon and Daddy swimming all over the pool!

 Fun video of Landon swimming to the deep end!

Tubing on Lake Oconee

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Wakeboarding, Kneeboarding and Jet Skiing!



Paul getting ready to wakeboard!!  It's been over 10 years since he has wakeboarded...he was just a tid-bit excited.  :)

Like a kid in a candy store.  

Like riding a bike...he was up in a flash and doing jumps in the first 30 seconds!

So great to see Paul so happy.

Out of the water again!



Jan drove the boat the majority of the weekend and she knows how to whip you pretty good when you are tubing...super fun!...just wait for those pics!!  

Elizabeth's turn to show us her kneeboarding skills.

She was quite the stud out there on the water...doing 360's!

Oh boy...and then it was my turn.  Lets just say it didn't come back for me as quickly as it did for Paul haha.  It has also been 10+ years since I have been pulled behind a boat, but it was pretty awesome.

Yup...the majority of our pictures look like this.

Ok..getting a little more comfortable on the water.

Cute little Sarah hopped right up. 

She was so cute out there!

Rachel and Elle were attached to each others' hip.  Our little Miss Hollywood was enjoying the boat ride. 

Focused and determined.  :)

Rachel's turn!

Look at that spray!

The kids were almost in a trance on the boat.  The rocking, sounds and constant movement made them super sleepy and so relaxed haha.

After our first boat ride, Landon always asked to sit on Will's lap.  He felt very safe with Mr. Will.

My turn to try wakeboarding...

This is what the majority of my wakeboarding pictures look like.  I had a little trouble staying up haha.  Guess I lost my balance after having babies...or that's just my excuse.

Will got up like a pro!

Sarah giving Landon bunny ears.  :)

High five!

Back in the water and enjoying every second!

Paul also tried kneeboarding and did really well.

He said it was a little different than wakeboarding haha...just a little Paul.

Later that day, Will took Paul around the lake on the jet skis!

Landon and I went in for a little break and then back down to the lake to swim!

Then Jan took me out for a spin and taught me the basics of using a jet ski.

Sweet boy.  He was much more comfortable on the lake...so comfortable in fact he decided to wear only his underwear haha.  Love those legs.

Jan loved chasing boats and jumping off of their waves!

She and I had a blast out there.  The lake is huge and so beautiful!

Love this pic.

I got the hang of it pretty fast and loved going full speed! Almost 60 mph! 

I think we are going to move in!  :)

Great videos of Paul wakeboarding and tubing pictures are up next!  Stay posted!

Lake Oconee

Since moving to Atlanta, we have met an amazing family who we already feel as though they are a part of our family.  We met them through a lacrosse contact and I began training their oldest daughter, Elizabeth and now train their middle daughter, Rachel as well (and eventually their youngest daughter Sarah who is going into 8th grade).  Their parents Will and Jan invited us to their lake house and we had the most amazing time!  We just played all weekend long!  Everything from wakeboarding, knee boarding, tubing, swimming, hanging out on a sandbar in the middle of the lake, jet skiing, ping pong, dance revolution, silly board games that were hilarious...gosh what else...eating DELICIOUS food!  We had SO MUCH FUN!

The 2 hour drive to their lake house was really beautiful.  Lots of green pastures, farms and mountains.  And this is what we pulled up to once we arrived in their driveway.  



Paul and I want a garage like this one day...filled up with wakeboards, tubes, boat equipment, etc!

 Paul and Rachael carrying down 'Poparazzi'!

 Paul was so excited to wakeboard.

 This little guy was excited to be at the lake, but very nervous to get in the boat...

 Would love this to be in our future one day!! 

Landon was showing Elle how to 'carefully' walk on the dock.  :)  Such a good big brother.

Ready to head out on the lake!

Landon was so cute...asked to sit in between Mr. Will and Daddy and did not move an inch.  He also popped his head in his lifejacket like a scared little turtle haha.

Our scared little turtle...but don't worry, he perked up after a little bit and eventually had a blast on the boat!

Our little adventurous baby girl loved the boat and pointing at the trees as we drove by them. 

Getting ready to jump in!...as you can tell, Landon wasn't too excited at the moment haha.

We've reached the sandbar!

The lake water was so refreshing and made me reminisce back to my childhood when we would go to Maine!  Happy baby!

Love this pic of baby girl and me...my little peanut.

Rachel and Sarah took position at the front of the boat!

Absolutely gorgeous lake and sunset! 

She was so cute in her little life jacket.

Rachel loved sitting with Elle on the boat and Elle loved sitting with Rachael.

Elizabeth, Rachel, Landon and I snapping a quick shot together on our way back to the house!

Once Landon got a nice cold glass of chocolate milk he was back to his normal happy self.

Just before their bed time, the girls played some fun games with the kiddos.

And Landon got to play a bit of ping pong.  He is going to be a baller one day.  Has a pretty mean forehand already! 

Their youngest daughter Sarah and I were partners the whole weekend.  We were a great team...she has a sick forehand and my backhand came in handy when we needed it.  :)



Then the girls thought it would be funny if Will, Jan, Paul and I did a group dance revolution with the Wii.  Let's just say it was not my strength haha and man alive...what a workout!

And now the ladies get their chance to show their stuff...as you can see we are all focusing pretty hard and making some very interesting faces haha.

Homemade pizza!  And since we are new to GA, they all decided we needed to try their famous peach pizza.  It was SO good!

Such a good little eater.

And here is the finished product...yummmm!

The reigning ping pong champions of the weekend.  But, we are coming after you guys next time!

More great pictures to come with lots of funny faces during our water sports!