Lake Living

When Ben was done with officer training, all he wanted to do was go home, but Tennessee was many hours away! Luckily, Ben grew up about 80 miles east of Montgomery, so we were able to go to his mom's lake house for the night! After just a couple of hours in the car, we arrived at Lake Harding, a place very dear to Ben's heart and home of a lot of wonderful childhood memories. We also spent our one year wedding anniversary there the year before, so it was nice to go back. Not only did we get to spend some wonderful alone time together, but my amazing mother-in-law had left dinner for the night, breakfast for the next morning, wine, and a very sweet note for us! After Ben changed into civilian clothes, we made a quick trip to one of his favorite spots for some boiled peanuts. When we got back to the house we took about a four hour nap :). We woke up, cooked the steaks, and promptly went back to sleep. The next morning we made our breakfast and took our coffee out to the dock for a morning swim. We floated on cushions in the lake and sipped our steaming beverages, it was just heavenly! Before we left to go home to Tennessee, we did go by Ben's mom's and had lunch with her, Jimmy, Ben's sister Lauren, and Lauren's fiance Ken. It was a wonderful weekend filled with great memories! I'm so lucky to have such a wonderful extended family!