This weekend we spent a glorious day in Ellijay with friends at their river house. Perfect weather, wonderful friends, great adventures, and yummy food made for one of the best family days we have had in a long time! We arrived early and returned home way past bedtime but the boys made memories they will not soon forget and the pure exhaustion of a napless day was completely worthwhile :-)
Our home for the day right on the Cartecay Riverfront
As soon as we arrived, the boys found the creek leading to the river that runs beside the house and decided to explore that first. Considering the white water started right in front of the house, Mommy was a little safety overzealous and made them wear life jackets.
Right up from the house there was a sand bar and calm water, so Daddy tested out the rope swing while the boys played in the cold water
Then Ben and Ethan went tubing
And Caden had a turn with Daddy as well
After water adventures, we dried off and played on dry land
This was probably the favorite dry land activity...stacking the tubes on top of each other while someone "hid" in the middle
Or taking rides in the tubes while the adults played badminton(so sad I missed taking pics of that)
At the end of the night, the boys got baths and put on their PJ's for the ride back home. Before we left, Caden found a Lite-Brite and was entranced with it while the adults got to finish catching up. Lite-Brite...What a blast from the past!
The boys were asleep before we made it to the highway. We had the best day catching up with old friends and are so looking forward to the next time we can all get together again!
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