Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Labor Day Weekend

Holden-7, Filson-2, Garrett-9, Riley-12, Reece-5, Jensen-11, Ian-12 wks


We had a really fun & eventful holiday weekend! We took off Friday for Clemson, SC to attend the wedding of John's college buddy. It took us about 5 hrs & the boys were good travelers. That night we enjoyed the rehearsal dinner & hanging out at the bonfire with friends. The wedding & reception were held on Saturday at Clemson's Outdoor Lab. The weather & scenery were beautiful. We had a great time & Filson enjoyed playing & dancing the night away with the other kids. We had two very late nights, but luckily the boys were both troopers : )
John's family called us Saturday to tell us they had decided at the last minute to rent a mountain house & invited us to join them. We were just over an hour away, so drove up Sunday morning to meet up with everyone. It had been over a year since the whole family had been together & we were excited to be able to see everyone. The mountain house turned out to be more of a "mountain mansion"! The place was gorgeous with amazing views & the weather was perfect. We all were able to take advantage of the hot tub & pool & enjoyed hanging out on the deck & visiting. The Ippolitos live nearby in Hendersonville, so they also were able to join us for dinner Sunday night. Filson had fun playing with his cousins & Ian got all kinds of love & attention.
Most of our pics from the trip were downloaded to John's laptop, so I'll have to wait until he gets back from VA to post the rest, but Kim has a lot of great photos on her blog if you want to check out all the fun we had! We really enjoyed seeing so many friends and family & made a lot of great memories this weekend! Thanks to John's sisters for arranging such a fun time!

3 comments:

littlefamily said...

boy, looks like a fun weekend! How fun for the cousins to be all together!

Nana said...

So cool that all the cousins got to play together! The rental house is totally awesome. Sounds like the boys traveled really well over the long wkend. Sure you got to see alot at the wedding that you haven't for awhile. Sounds like a perfect wkend!

Angie Shay said...

Such a great weekend! The mountain house and surroundings look beautiful! So glad that you were able to spend time with family and friends! And Brittany, you look beautiful in the photo of Ian and you!