Weekend at the Lake

A couples weekends ago, my husband and I went to Lake Rabun (in Georgia) to see my family. We brought our dog (Oliver) and all of us met at my dad's mountain house. The whole weekend was an absolute blast! It's always great to see family, especially if you don't get to see them much. This is Oliver. He is our 5 month old weimaraner.
This is Brandon (my second cousin).
This is Paul (my 7 year old nephew)
My other nephew (5 yrs), Charlie, with my stepmom ("Gammy")
Cheez-it BreathHe looks so sad! Probably because we had just forced him to swim after dressing him up in his new life jacket and sunglasses (see below).

Charlie deep in thoughts

This is what I am talking about. My stepmom is responsible for this. We put the sunglasses on him and he sat there with an embarrassed look like "really? I can't believe you are doing this to me"...and then he proceeded to dig his head into the seat in an attempt to get the glasses off.

Paul

This is my 96 year old grandmother. She is the sweetest person I have ever met in my life. I am proud to be named after her!

Charlie

Brandon

My husband (Wes) and Paul. They had so much fun together jumping and swinging off of 15 foot objects (see below).

Charlie and "Gammy"

Oliver

Brandon, the cookie monster

My dad taught me and my three older brothers how to ski at very young ages (well, by the time I came along, my dad AND brothers taught me to ski). It is so fun now to ski together and critique each other. This is my middle older brother Paul.

My brother Paul is now teaching his 7 year old son to ski. These are his little training skis (precious!). Hopefully this will be a family tradition for all of us :)

Charlie loves his "Gammy"

Oliver...hiding from (a) my nephews, (b) anyone who might throw him in the water, or (c) the sun.

Random man kayaking...although he looks like my dad from the back. I call him "Snow White" because you can spot that white hair in a large crowd of people. It helps me keep track of him ;)

My dad's house has tons of hummingbirds due to the multiple feeders my stepmom has strategically placed. Those suckers are FAST...it was hard to get a good shot with the equipment I had.