Will and I were long overdue for a friends' weekend so we arranged for Cari and Sharon to watch the boys for us so we could have a fun day on the lake. We try to get together with this group about once a month for dinner. In reality, I think the last time we saw everyone was around Christmas. It's just not that easy to wrangle everyone up these days! Our friend Michael is gearing up to leave town soon to do a long stint of traveling- he'll be hiking one last section of the Appalachian Trail in order to complete it and then will be hitting up several states on an extended road trip. So we were bound and determined to get some time in with him before he leaves us!
According to Cari they had a great day and read Brown Bear, Brown Bear about 100 times. It's a definite favorite book among the Mason boys these days!
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| We captured the first of many readings! |
The weather was 100% NOT good boating weather, but we decided to go out anyway. When we only get one day off from parenting here and there we can't let a little bad weather stop us from enjoying the day! One bonus of rainy days on the water- we pretty much had the whole lake to ourselves!
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| Snuggled under the canopy in the pouring rain |
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| Braving the downpour |
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| Dancing in the rain |
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| Breaking in the new UT hat |
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| So. Cold. |
Despite the poor weather, we had a great day on the water and decided to take extra advantage of the babysitters! We ended up going down to Nashville for dinner with the crew, too. In retrospect it was an ambitious plan, likely fueled by the excitement of being with friends (and beer). We were all pretty worn out at dinner and more than ready to head to bed. We had a fun time, though, and as a bonus- we now know we can easily catch an Uber ride home for a reasonable rate! Huge thanks to Cari and Sharon for taking care of the boys for us. We always feel recharged after some time away to be grown ups!
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