If you were me.................

And you closed your eyes................And imagined what the perfect lake house tucked in the mountains looked like................

This is what you would see..................


If Southern Living had a mountain house edition (it probably does, but who has time to look at magazines anymore) this home would be in it!! I'd like to call it Heaven..........And WE got to spend a weekend there........with great NEW friends!! Our neighbors invited us to Kandice's parents home in Wolf Mountain.............somewhere in the hills of North Carolina, a hell of a long way past Lake Hartwell...........
I think I loved the wrap around front porch the best. Hard to say, since everything was just so nice. The handmade mirrors, the tree carved rocking chairs, the coziest living room that balanced comfort and "welcome" perfectly. You just knew that many family memories had been made there and many more were yet to come.......................Heaven..................

Check out the view..........
And the toys.............
What's that? Shocked my baby is on that raft? Me too........Would have bet my life on her NOT getting on that.........Good news is that it was being pulled behind the pontoon boat, not the ski boat..........Better news is that Emme's new friends, Emily and Brook, took great care of her. Now, what you don't see is when the girls leaned a little too far forward, all three went in, I panicked, they all popped back up safely, however, not until Mr. Greg dove in, clothes and all...................

What? No pictures? No. I was too busy pretending to be calm, cool and collected. well. not really, I panicked and stood frozen..........hence, Greg's dive in............Great friend!!


Did I mention toys? There were LOTS of them! Polaris ATV things, kayaks, beer coolers that kept bottles icy cold, fire pits, & fresh coffee every morning!

We had so much fun swimming and relaxing........

Making smores...............
Looking for fish..............
Making new friends.............

Getting mud baths...................

And eating A LOT of watermelon.............Thanks to Ms. Roni!
We never worried about where we were going or how we were getting there...........Check out all of our drivers............

We really had a great time! Thank you to our hostesses, The Porter Family, and their friends Roni, Ed, Brook & Emily.................We were fed well, we slept well (some of us put ourselves to bed) and counted all of our many blessings..............I can't remember the last time I slept with the windows open and woke up happy to hear birds chirping...........Heaven..............