Last Weekend of Summer

August 3, 2019August 4, 2019

We spent our last weekend of summer with dear friends at their home on Lake Hartwell. Mornings started like this, on their quiet cove with a gorgeous view…

Afternoons rotated between the tube, zup and skis…

Our crazy captain Mr. Todd, as he’s been known to my kids for over a decade, tirelessly pulled the kids from morning till sunset! I love seeing our kids together – from the snow skis to the water skis.

We boated to all of our meals, from fish tacos to a huge sushi dinner!

And squeezed every last minute of sunshine out of each day!

It was so, so nice to spend a weekend with these four. We’ve missed them every day since they relocated from Atlanta to Greenville in early June! We are off to school and already can’t wait to get our next visit on the calendar.

#itsnotthatfar <3

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