North Carolina...And A Little R&R On The Lake!

Chris and I had a fun Labor Day weekend in the Piney Woods of North Carolina! :) Nice! :) Beautiful weather, gorgeous scenery, and lots of R&R...of course you cannot beat that! :)

We headed out on Friday to meet up with my parents in Houston for dinner at Lupe Tortilla. We also did the "Braden exchange" that evening as well. :) He was going for another fun weekend of getting spoiled in Lake Charles. :) The funniest part is that he was not even phased by the fact that we were leaving him with his grandparents. We put him in his PJ's, gave him his milk and blanket, and put him in the car with a little DVD on. And he was pretty much content and just said "Bye". :) Well how do you like that? LOL! :)

I know that something is going on here guys!! But it is ok b.c staying with Mimi and Pappy is MEGA fun! :) Have a good trip Mom and Dad! :) Chris and I checked into the Sheraton for the night in Houston..and then flew out early Saturday morning for Raleigh. :) WHOOP! :) Once we got to Raleigh and got our rental car...we made the hour and a 1/2 trek up to Lake Gaston (which is on the border of NC and Virginia). :) Simply beautiful up there! :)

We spent the weekend with some good friends that Chris went to grad school with at The Bush School. There were 4 couples and we stayed at our good friend Jayme's parents lakehouse. Now this is no ordinary cabin on the lake..this is a mega retreat!! With 6 bedrooms and 5 baths...there is MORE than enough room for everyone to get very cozy. :) We love it out there! :)

And we have arrrived!! HOORAY! :)Other pretty homes on the lake around us. Love those trees! :) Jayme's maiden name is "Head"...so how cute that they have "HEADquarters" signs around the house and dock. :)More lake beauty... Hammock time! :)Arturo decided he was going to catch some fish!! :)When that did not work out too well, he and Justin decided to try the other dock....There was LOTS of laughing. My sides hurt! :) And lots of lounging..... :)There were good stories told around the bonfire at night.... :) (In the 60 degree weather!)
And even more great stories told on the boat at sunset... :)

Jayme was a great driver..even at 7 months pregnant with her baby girl! :) She really took care of us all weekend. :)

And there were numerous amazing pictures taken by our famous resident photographer Kii. :) Seriously, his pics are brillant!! He is a super photographer for the Associated Press...and I could not be more jealous of his job and all that he gets to see! :) I have to ask him 20 questions about his dream job every time I see him! :)

Moque was checking out the gorgeous sunset....

Justin and Jamie cuddling up on the boat. They win the parents of the year award as they have 3 year old triplet girls!! :)

I think Chris might have smiled the entire weekend. :)

And a sunset cruise would not be complete without crackers, dips, and of course some wine!! :)

Since most of the weekend was about eating awesome food...we had to head down to the marina to grub up on the best "4 Napkin Cheeseburgers" in town! :) What a fun weekend!! Even though we could not wait to see Braden on Monday night, Chris and I were very glad we were able to go and enjoy the fun times at Lake Gaston again this year! :) What a good time it was! :)

God bless the USA!! God bless Lake Gaston!! And God bless our fun friends that we got to spend a great weekend with!! :) Looking forward to seeing you all again soon! :)