Lifesong

Lake Weekend

I'm obviously struggling here if you couldn't tell. So in an effort to expedite this process, I'm just going to put up the pictures, unless the picture needs an explanation. It's storming here, so there's no telling how long my kids will stay upstairs playing, quietly. 

But here are pictures from our lake weekend with the Jansens, which was like two months ago, I think. Nah, I kid. It was just two weeks ago. Is this first trimester dragging on for anyone else but me?

Okay I lied. I am word girl, apparently. I didn't realize how difficult it would be to just put up a picture and not say anything about it at all, like I have pictures of Mark and Ansley just like this, starting at 20 months and going to almost 7 years. Crazy. Next year Mark may have trouble balancing all those Greiner kids.

And really not much has changed in that amount of time, except that this girl has gotten a lot older. Weird that the adults don't age at all.

And they've added a member to the Jansen family. And a very cute member, I might add.

So we spent Saturday on the boat, riding around, swimming and eating lunch, as you may have guessed. 


We stopped for lunch at an outdoor restaurant, where I thought for sure I was going to die, but thankfully they had several huge fans that really did help a lot. Otherwise I am sure I would have died. This picture was taken at lunch.

After the boat ride. Did you want to see a close up of Hamilton's hair?

I thought so.

As always, we have to do the traditional matchy photos. It's kind of a big deal.

Except that Ansley was upset that she didn't have anyone to match with. But maybe that will change next year. We'll see.

The Mama hen and her chicks. Er, roosters. But you get the analogy.

On the way home, we stopped at a beautiful mountain overlook and I got some cute pictures. We went from 100 degrees in Georgia to a beautiful 74 degrees here. Ansley even claimed she was chilly!

They were eating Oreo cookies, in case you were wondering.

A fun weekend! We are blessed to have such great friends.             

Beach Life According to Megan

Beach life is tough.

 
Should we swim? Play in the sand? Where should we eat? Should we go shopping?

There are just so many choices that can make beach life so challenging. 

For our kids, the choice was always to the beach! They both love the ocean, playing in it and running around. Christian had no hesitation this year, he just ran right into the surf. Ansley loves playing on the boogie board, swimming around, snorkeling and finding fun things, like hermit crabs or parts of sand dollars. And then putting it all in the bottom of her suitcase for us to find when we get home, along with a rather large pile of sand. But, still, it's the beach memories that are important here.

It doesn't matter where we are, handstands take priority. And isn't that water just amazing? Again, I have to point out that I love clear water because it goes really well with my irrational fear of sharks. I remember when I was young and we'd go to the beach every summer, and I'd go WAY out into the murky water with no fear. Of course I'd also go underwater and never put on a stitch of make-up, so I guess a lot has changed since then. It's all really for the better.

So we can take pictures like this and I'll actually post them on my blog. If my hair was wet and I had no make up on, that picture would never make it here. Because I'm so vain. I do think this blog is about me. Don't you?! Don't you?! 

If you followed all that, pat yourself on the back, and throw on some extra eyeliner. You deserve it. (Unless you are a guy; please don't do the eyeliner part.) And if you wonder what has possessed me, just smile and keep on reading. It will all make sense soon.

It's hard to imagine that this photo next summer will have a baby in it. As opposed to just in my belly.

 
And so will this one. Except there's not one in anyone's belly in this photo.

A relaxing, fun week with good friends equals some great memories!

I will create an album to the left of more beach pictures as well.