Laka Anna Vacation Part I

We had an absolute blast at Lake Anna and are so sad that it is all over. The weather could not have been more perfect (great timing that we were home Friday before the Saturday rain storms). We had some great company and also some great alone time to just relax.

We arrived on Sunday, and after we got our jeep and Wally unpacked (boy did we bring way too much stuff, ha!) we got Wally in the water and went for an afternoon swim. The water was really crowded, but we knew we just had two days of boat traffic before we'd have the lake to ourselves.

Around 7:00, Greg and Erica arrived, and we were so excited to show them the lake and to spend the evening with them. We had a great dinner of crab cakes (G&M Crab Cakes of course!) strawberry salad, and for dessert, Erica made an insanely good "Eclair Cake" as an early birthday treat for me. The joke here being that as most of you know, in middle school, my mom and I both got food poisoning from a chocolate eclair at Disney World, not fun. I haven't eaten an eclair since...thanks though to Erica for quickly renaming the cake to a "S'Mores Cake." It was delicious ;)

We then took a great evening boat ride, and the sky could not have been clearer. The stars were unbelievable and it was just so great to share this with Greg and Erica. Sadly, the pictures I attempted to take of the sky did not turn out, but I can still see it in my mind, and that's good enough for me. We also got in several rowdy games of Catch Phrase and ended the night with a much needed dance party!

On Monday, Andy's folks came down for the day and we also got to see Andy's sister Bebe and her family. Bebe and Mark just bought a boat (an 18 foot Boston Whaler, Wally's big brother I suppose) so they were excited to get it out on the water and we were happy to have some time to see our nephews Dave and Kurt---boy are they getting so grown up! We fished, we swam, we went tubing, wake boarding, and ended the day with a big BBQ!

Tuesday was our last day with Greg and Erica as Erica needed to be back for work on Wednesday. We made the most of the day by beaching the boat at a nearby sandbar. This gave us an opportunity to let Liddy run around and swim, and we also got some beach volleyball (minus the net) time in. It was a great day, though we were sad to see our friends leave.

What a great first few days of our vacation!!