This past weekend, we were invited to spend a weekend at Lake Cypress Springs. A good friend, whom I taught with the past five years, "won" a weekend at this lake house at last year's faculty Christmas party - and we made the invite list!! Friday afternoon, we packed up our car (by looking at it, you would have thought we were going to be gone for a week or more!) and headed out of town...we really couldn't get out of town fast enough. Our family was in need of a break from our reality, aka, pharmacy school. We made it to the house just in time to bathe Cale and put him to bed. Our sweet friends graciously gave us the master bedroom (which was stunning - floor to ceiling windows on all sides of the room, surrounded by the lake) because we had Cale with us. It worked out perfect - we put Cale in the closet! Let me clarify - the closet was huge and had plenty of space for a pack 'n play. Of course, we kept the closet door open, and just for the record, he slept the best he ever has - I had to wake him from EVERY nap! I think it had more to do with the fresh air than it did the closet.
When we pulled in on Friday night, this is what we drove up to...
Cale started his weekend by trying out the saddle...
He got LOTS of quality time with Daddy!
He loved being next to the lake...
After Cale went to bed, the "adults" played games and visited. It was so great to have some quality time with friends. Adam and I aren't able to go and do things quite as freely anymore - this was great catch up time with friends!
And as we sat on the screen porch that stretched across the back of the house and overlooked the lake, this is the view we had each night...
We realized, that this was our first "real" family vacation with just our little family of three (no extended family present). It was so refreshing, so fun, so needed...
It made us want our own little retreat to go to on the weekends - not likely, but wishful thinking, for sure!
Great family picture!
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