July 4th Week at Hartwell Lake

Wow! What a wonderful and relaxing week we had. We decided to rent a lakehouse (thank you so much, Ruth Ann) on Hartwell this year during the week of the 4th. Richard always has this week off and we knew we would have LOTS of help with Kamdyn if we went to Hartwell. What would we do without our family? It was the perfect opportunity for a family vacation. Uncle Matthew and Holly stayed the week with us, too. Kamdyn was shuffled from here to there and everywhere, but didn't seem to mind because she was the center of attention no matter where she was. On the 4th we had a cook out at our lakehouse and invited some of our family and friends. We had a great time! Thanks to all of you who came. That evening we went to the Straup's house and enjoyed some BBQ and the greatest fireworks show around. They make their own fireworks and they are the loudest most beautiful fireworks that I've ever seen. I'm not even a big fireworks person which means they must be good!


Hanging out with Mama Lucy!


Matthew and Richard catching fish off the dock.
Richard was in heaven with his boat, the fish, a house
on the lake, and our family! What a great week!


Kamdyn and DaDa


Eating! YUM!!


Potter and his Dad, Bob! Kamdyn
also loved saying "Hi, Bob!"


A family picture!


Having fun with Holly!


Kamdyn loved playing with her bubbles on the back patio. She learned how to say "Uncle" and she loves saying "Hi Holly!" She also learned how to say Potter. Everytime she would see Potter or we would talk about Potter, she would put her finger on her lip and say "shhh." A few times when Kamdyn saw Potter this week, he was sleeping. So, she would say "shhh" to remind us all to be quiet! :) Kamdyn also learned that MaMa and DaDa were out on the boat with Uncle Matthew and Holly a lot this week. She finally got used to us leaving because she knew we would eventually be back. When Kamdyn first saw the lake she kept saying "pool." AFter a few days, she knew it was a lake and could say "lake." She is such a quick learner!




Lastly, we got to hang out with one of my Clemson friends, Libba, who was in town from Colorado. She was staying at her parents lakehouse on Hartwell. We drove the boat up to their house, hung out with her family for a while, then ventured to T60 Grill for dinner. We had a great time with you, Libba!






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