I am a bit more loose on this blog than the last. We had such a great July 4th time but I didn't get around to blogging it all everyday. So I am going to just lump our trip out to the family lake house in one big blog! Bullet points included and I might jump around a bit from day to day, but the trip was an amazing one with tons and tons of family time....really good quality family time that we haven't had in a long time!
- We started out our trip with the boys sleeping for the first 3 of the 6 hour drive because we went and played at a splash park with new friends we met out here. I let the boys go for 3 hours of playing and boy did it pay off on the drive to Louisiana!
- We had THE best time each day swimming in the lake, riding jet skis, and hanging out with family. I was so proud of Joel and Connor as they both slid down a large water slide into the lake over and over again! Even more amazing was them getting on jet skis with me, their dad, or their 14 year old cousin and riding around the lake! They loved splashing in the waves and we got some really cute video of them riding by!
- Connor took THE best naps each day because he played so hard! We would wake up, get to eat amazing breakfasts made by David's Uncle Stephen, then head out to swim and jet ski. Then we would dry off, make lunch or eat another amazing meal prepared by Uncle Stephen and the whole house would go down for nap time....how I LOVE the south! Then we would wake up, swim some more, watch some television, and eat dinner around 7. A couple of days after dinner we would watch fireworks from the pier outside.
- One the third day of our visit, we woke up, ate breakfast, and headed out on an adventure! Mississippi is so close to where the lake is, and there are so many historical places to visit! We usually go to Vicksburg and see the Civil War battlefields over there. This time we decided to drive to Mississippi a different route and we drove down to Natchez instead. That place is LOADED with history! There is a historical route called the Natchez Trail that you can walk all along the Mississippi river and find out what happened in certain spots. We ate lunch at a place right on the river that had a few information posts. We read about the first steam boat pulling away from right there as well as Jerry Lee Lewis performing for the first time ever in the bar right behind us! Then we drove through a National Park that is a road 444 miles long called the Natchez Trace. What a beautiful place!! The grass was SO green on the sides of the road it was almost NEON in color! The trees were so tall and the air was so cool. It was one of the most beautiful drives we have ever taken! We saw deer, David saw a wild turkey, and the kids even took a nap during one of the long stretches. We stopped at historical parts along the way that were marked off on the map we got. We can't wait to go back and drive the whole thing someday!
- I had so much fun being stress free and sitting and watching TV with my kiddos. Usually if they are watching TV it is because I have to get something DONE right then and I am using it as a babysitter....yes...I do that .....guilty as charged. We had so much great snuggle time and David had so much fun swim time with them! It was a really relaxing place and I am so thankful to be a part of that fun loving Mann family!
- On the road home to Texas, I heard a song that is absolutely the theme song of my life right now. For different parts of my life there have always been theme songs. Some of them I don't think of too often anymore, and others the second they come on I swear I am transported back through time to the place and the people that remind me of the song! The song called "Home" by Phillips Phillips I found the link to a great video of it http://youtu.be/HoRkntoHkIE I hope you enjoy it! It just gives me goose bumps after all that we have been through to get here to Texas! It was so great to drive home and get to listen to it while driving into Texas from Louisiana. Well, the moving van arrives tomorrow...what WILL that adventure be like?? Night all!
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