Our Lake Vacation

In March, we started talking about taking a summer vacation with a couple of friends.  We thought about going to the beach, going camping, and then we had the idea to go to a lake.  We decided that the beach would be too difficult because there isn't exactly somewhere 'in the middle' that we could meet at with our friends.  After a lot of research, we decided to try and find a rental on Lake Hartwell.  There are parts of the lake in Georgia and South Carolina and it's half way between Durham and Birmingham.  PERFECT!

We called our friends Scott and Kathleen to see if the would be interested in going on a vacation with us, and they said yes.  Thus began the search for the perfect vacation home.  By the way, here's a picture of the four of us at Scott and Kathleen's wedding:

We stayed in a cute house that was on a little cove.  The water around the dock wasn't very deep, but there was this 'sandy beachy' area that we could walk down to get to deeper water.  We had a blast.  We floated in the lake all day, we cooked yummy dinners at night, and we had lots of wine.  After we got done laying in the lake, we came in and had dinner, and then we would start up the games.  We played Taboo, Catch Phrase, and Apple to Apples.

Now, being the crazy dachshund momma that I am...  I bought the babies life jackets.  I am SO glad I did because they loved the water!!  Penni would just swim on out to us when she wanted to hang out, and then she would swim back tot he shore when she was ready to roll in the mud (and dig in the 'sand').  Hershee like hanging out at the shore more than actual swimming.  She laid in the sun, and would go in the water just far enough to cool off then lay back down on the shore.  They both went out on the kayaks, although that wasn't a huge hit.  They tended to try and swim back and forth between whoever was in the two kayaks.

I was terribly lazy and took ONE picture the whole time we were gone.  Sorry!  Here it is:

Here is a picture of the babies in the life-jackets the day that we got them (note: Hershee and Penni were not amused, and Hersh was convinced that she couldn't walk while wearing it- she got over that and realized not only could she walk and run, but she could swim!):