Home Again. Home Again. (Part Three)

Well, I am over the Jiggety Jig but I still have some fun moments from my trip home to share.  This next section may have been the most entertaining - information which may prove shocking after my entire family inside a giant stuffed animal claw machine, Disney on Ice, reenacting the hit 90's TV sitcom FRIENDS on a giant orange couch...but, there is more to tell.  Even more after all of that.

One word. Kayaking.

The day began like any other... With a FUNOVER from an extreme Dave & Buster's adventure with family that vetted 6 enormous stuffed animals for our niece Piper, a fake mustache and a bubble machine.  After we drug ourselves out of bed, shared a hot breakfast at the Whitten Free Continental Buffet we headed out on our Kayaking Adventure.  We grabbed some bottles of water, threw on our flip flops and jumped into some narrow little boats on Keystone Lake.

 We were determined and anxious to get out on the open water.  At least most of us were...

 

 

Once we got warmed up there was no stopping us! Except of course to take pictures...

 

 

 

We crossed the lake and found a sandy beach area for some rest and relaxation before climbing back into the Kayaks.  It was a zen and very calming time...especially after I stopped posing on this root.

 

 

After we crossed back over the lake we headed out to have an amazing dinner at a little restaurant called "Scratch", where some of us had some amazing food (and some of us had cheese quesadillas...) like the perfect Chicken Fried Steak, the cheesiest and most amazing grits ever and pecan pie heated up on a cast iron griddle with coconut gelato melting on top.  There are no pictures to prove it happened, but we are still talking about how awesome it was!

Our next and final family event of the week (that we have photos of) was a Pirate themed early birthday party for our niece Piper that turned into a shared party when they surprised me by getting to celebrate my birthday from the month before with my entire family!  Here are a few highlights of the party - and yes, we were all in costume! Naturally...

 Chrissy set up a photo booth area with pirate props so we could take fun pictures throughout the night.  This is just a little snippet of the hundreds of photos the photographer had by the end of the night....true feelings and relationships came out...just kidding...we just think paper knives are funny!

 I mustache you a question.

 

 Thanks for the lovely presents Aunt Tammy! Now walk the plank!

 Well, this was really just us before we got into character.

 Some really fun memories!! I was truly surprised and a little teary when they brought out the surprise cake.  I never have birthdays with family anymore so that was a fun and special treat for me!

While we were home we also played mini-golf with Mom and went bowling, Kyle and Dad golfed, and then Michael, Dad, Kyle and I all went golfing one day as well.  To end this little post here is a a couple fun shots from our golf day!  Stay tuned for the last segment of our trip which was a weekend friend reunion with my three best friends from growing up and their families!