Beginning and End.

This weekend was basically the beginning and the end of summer with Eli finally home. 

When we first heard Eli would be gone for 12 weeks for his training academy we were super sad about being apart for three months, but I think the heaviest hit was that the dates he'd be gone! His class took place May 15- August 4th in Quantico, Virginia meaning we would miss almost the entire summer. And we. love. summer. From pool days to baseball games to every weekend possible at the lake ... we are summer lovin' people. Eli and I both are huge lake lovers and it was like alllllllll the stars aligned when we started dating and he told me he loved Lake Ouachita as much as I did (anyone else just see the heavens part hear the "ahhhhhhhh" from heavens?) !  Meant to be. 

So what did we do our first weekend we could head to the lake this summer?? Call up our buddies and say "let's head to the water!!"

One of my fav parts of my job is all the amazing people I've met, and the Eickenhorst family from Houston, Texas is pretty dang near the top of that list! They were so sweet to drive all the way up Friday night! We went to dinner, came home and played games. One of my fav things to do!

Saturday morning MORE fun friends showed up, the Adams family and the James crew! It could NOT have been a more beautiful day!

We stayed out until the tiniest bit of daylight was left in the sky to drive back to the dock. It was a GREAT day. Unfortunately the sun didn't last into Sunday and it POURED all Saturday night. Melissa woke up Sunday morning and said "ya know, something I never thought I'd say is how much I love hearing rain pouring on a trailer!" 😂😂 

Since it was going to pour all day we cut our weekend short, but not before taking the Eicken-fam to a fun lunch at local hot spot, The Purple Cow. Burgers and purple shakes were had by all!

The kids head back to school tomorrow and I can't believe summer has come to a close. We're still going to weasel as many lake weekends we can out of August and September. Already looking forward to coming back again.