Happy Memorial Day!

Before Jones was even born, Jeremy and I decided to take him to the lake for his first Memorial Day, and that's just what we did. We headed out Friday after Jeremy got off work and spent Saturday morning at the Hayesville Parade.  That's what made us want to take him there in the first place! Jones didn't seem all that enamored with the floats; he did, however, love sitting on the truck bed with his Pop and Nan! Well, I SAY he wasn't enamored with the floats, but when a certain John Deere Gator passed by, he could not take his eyes off of it!

Later that same day, Jones took his first boat ride. He did great, even helping Pop to steer the ship before falling asleep in his Nanny's arms. The next day, though, he was less excited about the boat. Actually, I think it was his life vest that he wasn't excited about. Poor little guy couldn't even get his thumb in his mouth for the massive layer of foam across his chest. He seriously cried all the way to Boundary Waters before finally crying himself to sleep.

The next morning, Jeremy and I went to Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.  Visiting there is one of our favorite parts of being out at the lake. Jones stayed home with Nan and Pop. Monday, he got to go on a stroll at the dam with them, while Jeremy and I went to some antique shops, and Tuesday, we all ate breakfast at the Country Cottage before Jeremy, Jones, and I drove to Atlanta to catch our flight for Omaha.

All in all, it was exactly what we hoped it'd be - an incredibly relaxing weekend, made all the more relaxing by the fact that Mrs. Pressley got up with Jones every morning!  Bless her little pea-picking heart.

Here are some videos of the first boat ride and way more pictures than you could ever care to see of Jones's first visit to a place I'm sure will figure very prominently in his childhood memory bank!