Vacation! (with LOTS of pictures!)

Hello everyone! I hope all of you are having a great summer! Mom has already done a short post on our vacation, so if you want to read that you can go here: http://raisinggodlyseed.blogspot.com/. I'll try my best to not post pictures she has already posted.
Here we are at the house we rented at Smith Mountain Lake. We went there after we spent seven days at the cabin. We stayed at the lake for three.

Joshua had his first birthday at the cabin! We arrived on Wed. and his birthday was Sun.

Joshua's birthday.

Aha! Caught you Grandma!

Mom

Grandma is very good at untangling fishing line, because she crochets alot.

This is Grandad Bill. He is currently recovering from colon cancer. We were unable to see him in the fall because of treatments, so we were especially excited to see him this time.

This is mountain laurel.

This is the boat~house. No boats are actually stored in it, that's just what we call it.

this is the water wheel, right next to the boathouse. Uncle Buck built it himself! He is very talented.

I know the pictures are a little out of order, but this is the view from the top of the hill at Smith mountain lake.

This is us exploring the dock when we arrived.

A very scary hairpin turn on top of Abney Gap. We'll never take that route to SML Dad says. Scary!  We considered getting t-shirts that read, "We survived Abney Gap!".

We bought two rubber boats, which we greatly enjoyed at both the cabin and the lake.

The lake house had a pool table downstairs.

The day after we arrived at the lake we got our boats out again and tried to find Granddad Thurman. (mom's dad. Grandad Bill is mom's step dad) We kept passing boat dock after boat dock, and we still couldn't find Grandad. Then we realized that he was at the dock that was REALLY far away, so he picked us up in his pontoon boat.

These are bluebird houses! i actually was able to save a baby blue bird when it fell in the water. It was trying to land on the deck, but ...missed. It was super cute.

This is where we stayed.... Just kidding! It was called the "Duval Crawl."

We found these baby turtles in the lake.

This is us the morning we left the lake house. don't worry, there are still more pictures!

Daniel fixing more tangled line at the cabin.

This is a "rocking" raft we bought. You have to be careful though, or you might get rocked right into the water!

Aunt Carrie and Our Uncle Brian. This is their "engagement" picture...the day before the wedding, at Chateau Morrisette, a five star restaurant.

Mrs. and Mr. Hylton, also known as "Uncle Buck." At the restaurant.

Mom and Dad at the restaurant.

Joy, me, and Anna.

All of us, holding a sign that says, "We love you Wendy." She is mom's half sister, and currently in prison. Thankfully though, she has accepted Christ and will be getting out next year!

The we arrived at the cabin around four thirty on wed., so we pumped up our boats before dinner.

No, this isn't photo shopped. This animal is only 1/2 inch.  We found it at a waterfall on the way home thursday.

Anna, waiting for a ride.

Isaac, Daniel,and Grandad

This is Noah at the waterfall we found on the way home, holding one of the tiny frogs.

Granddad Bill with Joshua in a rubber boat on the Floyd property.

Joy and Noah on the dock in Floyd with newts in the bucket.

Our first day at Smith Mtn Lake.

Sunset in Floyd.

Smores by the campfire in Floyd.  Noah loved them.

Daddy and Joshua by the lake in Floyd.

Daniel, Joy and me making smores.

Daniel rowing Mom around the Floyd lake for the last time.

In Floyd, the spillway below the dam.  The rushing water sounds wonderful here.  We walked this creek for around 1/2  a mile one day.

This sign was posted where we took the scary road called Adney Gap.  Funny...at first. 

The older children's boat on Smith Mountain Lake.  We all paddled a long distance this day to meet up with Granddad in his pontoon boat.

Mom talking with Pastor Joe right before the wedding started.  They were working out the last minute details.  Granddad Thurman is in the background.

Kendal played "Air on the G String" at the beginning of the ceremony.

Brian and Carrie coming out of the cabin at the start of the wedding.

The groom's family.  The Bakers.

Uncle Brian and Aunt Carrie with Grandma Brenda and Granddad Bill

Susan, Uncle brian, Aunt Carrie, and Granddad Thurman

                         Our whole family with Grandma and Grandad, Carrie and Brian, and Vivian and Dylan (Brian's children)

                                                               Mom and aunt Carrie

Grandddad Thurman and Joshua

                                                               The wedding cake

                                           This is the watermellon basket mom carved

Mr. and Mrs.Hylton, and Pastor Joe Cox and his wife, Glena

                                                               Aunt Carrie and Dad

Kendal,Noah (brian's little brother) Daniel, and me

                                            Susan, Mom and Grandma Brenda

Our Noah, Susan, Joshua, and Anna

Brian caught this fish right before the wedding, and then he and the boys caught some more afterwards

This is mom giving Brian's ring to his son, Dylan. he is only fourteen, but already 6'2"!

Susan with Molly, Grandma Brenda, Mrs. Hylton, Kendal, and me.

Daniel and I at the creek.

Well, hope y'all enjoyed all  the pictures! I hope y'all have a wonderful week,

Kelsey