Labor Day Weekend

Originally we planned to go with friends this weekend to a cabin. But somewhere along the way, packing up kids, buying food and driving to some cabin seemed to me to be a whole bunch of work for a little fun.

We decided to make our own fun instead. We let all of our close friends know that we were headed to White Water for the day and then on to Stone Mtn. for some evening fireworks and fun. Some friends joined us for the entire day while others joined us for part of the day.

We swam, slid down slides. jumped waves in the wave pool and then rode the lazy river around and around. As the afternoon sun blazed, we left and grabbed sandwiches at Subway and headed to Stone Mtn for afternoon and evening fun.

Several of the kids (and adults) did the Sky Hike and climb that is so much fun. Others of us sat in the shade to keep cool and talked. We did the indoor movie and the indoor play place. As the day started to come to a close, we made our way to the big lawn and sat down to eat our picnic dinner and to spend time together waiting for Stone Mtn's laser show to begin.

I remember looking around. This was our chosen family. The people we are doing life with and it felt so good and so right to be with them. Parents held kids that were not their own. Kids sampled food out of every cooler but their own. And as the laser show started everyone found their place. Watching the ooh's and ah's on the kids faces and hearing my girls sing the words to "Sweet Home Alabama" (which every good Southern child can sing) and leaning up against my husband made this a perfect evening.

Whitewater Fun

Abby

Maddie

Maddie and the little boys pumping water

Maddie, Brandon and Justin

Our Gang

Largest Bas Relief in the World. The Confederate Generals

Sam and Justin

The big girls. Sydney and Destiny

Our crazy family

My two loves

The Fireworks

Spectacular

I am so glad we planned our sunny outdoor day for Saturday because Monday (Labor Day) it was dark and stormy all day. We convened to Sparkles to go skating and let the kids play in the play structure. We had a great time minus the tornado rumored to be coming our way and for which, the management thought it good to separate all of the kids from their parents and put them in the play structure in the bottom. Scary stuff. All's well that ended well though and we finished off the night with pizza at Johnny's. Happy Labor Day.