A Weekend of Firsts!

This last weekend, Alyssa and I went to North Carolina to spend some time with friends at the lake.  It was the first trip Alyssa and I have ever taken without the boys, and I REALLY enjoyed the girl time!  It never ceases to amaze me how different my kids are when I am spending one-on-one time with them than when they are all together.  I am not sure what the best part of her weekend was.  I only know that she told me thank you more times than I could count on our way home.

I do know she enjoyed her first jump from the high dive...

Yes, she is fearless!  I can't say I was fearless, but you know I couldn't NOT jump after she did!  Ummm...definitely not pictured...she was a MUCH cuter jumper:-)

And then she learned to paddle board...so I did, too.

And then she went fishing for the first time!

And then she went tubing for the first time!

I am quite confident that she had bugs in her teeth after being pulled behind the boat with Megan.

She loved her first boat ride!

But I am pretty sure the highlight of her weekend was learning to "drive."  She is quite confident that she is ready for her learner's permit.

Thank you Cindy, Beth, Brad and Beau for being brave enough to "ride" with her.  I, on the other hand, couldn't even watch!

Such a fun lake weekend with our wonderful friends.  Thanks guys for the weekend get-away and all the "firsts"!