Memorial Day

We were busy. By the time we finished all the wedding activities all we wanted to do was make it to the lake. That's where I'll start...

We went to Lake Guntersville to visit my family. We were all excited to go out on my dad's boat. It's the first time this year that we've been up and there's been enough of us on deck to take it out for a spin/   float and soak up some rays.

Here's my family is when Brent and I arrived...

You'll notice my dad and Lori have their small furry friend "Ace" with them. Ace hates being boarded so they thought why not bring him along. He did great. He sat up in the boat and watched everyone. He kept an eye out for whoever's lap he could lay in. He's a sweet but very smelly little pup.

Everything was rosy until I started smelling smoke. I kept telling my dad and sure enough we hadn't made it out of the channel before the blowers started streaming out smoke. Something overheated. I don't know anything about boats so I won't speculate. All I know is that a pontoon boat had to pull us out of some shallow icky seaweed water back into the channel because our anchor never took hold. The marina man then came and towed us back to the harbor. What fun... It's the first time in the 4 summers since my dad bought his boat that he's had any issues with it. It made me sad because I know how much he loves taking it out on the water. Hopefully the problem is minor and the marina will have it back up and running in no time.

Yes, Ace has different colored eyes. He was born that way. We think he can see just fine, people just like to say "that's strange..." when they look at him. He's a sweet boy though. My dad calls him "Thing 3" now since he got his summer shave down. 

This is the view from my dad's boat slip. I shot this on manuel mode. Go Me! I've gotten pretty rusty on my light metering knowledge that I learned in photography class last winter. Hopefully the new camera strap will inspire me to get out there and start shooting.

So needless to say we made it back to the marina before the monsoon rolled in. We sat my dads tv out on deck and all watched the Braves beat up on the Phillies. It was nice to just relax and be with my family for a little bit before heading back to pick up Charlie from his Memaw's and make the long drive home.

You know we couldn't just stay home on Monday so we decided to head to Atlanta to watch the Braves beat the Phillies in person. We got great tickets Sunday night for $20 bucks a piece and made it over without any issues... well unless you count Brent getting really made at the ATL's finest for blocking off the Green lot (where our parking pass just happened to be).

I was really impressed with the way the Braves organization embraced Memorial Day. They had tons of past and present service men and woman on hand and honored them in different types of special ways. It was especially moving when they honored a "Hometown Hero" who was wounded in Afghanistan and spent two years rehabbing just to go back and defend out country a little longer. It really makes you stop and think about the sacrifices strangers make for each and every one of us each day.

Here we are celebrating the win right before we browsed and suprisingly didn't buy anything in the clubhouse store

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day