summer weekends at the lake

Brian's parents are in the process of building a house on lake champlain in VT...so far the basement is done with a fully functioning bathroom, a couple of bedrooms and a beer fridge =) the house isn't going up until next summer but we've proven we don't need a house to have a fun relaxing time while we're there. between the kayaks, the jet ski, the boat, and the quad, we keep pretty busy. and how could i forget cocktail hour by the campfire!? we went up late on the 4th of july to surprise brian's dad who was thinking he was spending the weekend there alone. it was great, he was shocked. saturday morning we went kayaking, the lake was so calm, and no one was on it, it was really nice. after we took the jetski out we were putting the boat in when bri's mom pulled in. another surprise for Mr. O. The rest of the weekend was great, very peaceful. the following weekend we went up again with brian's sister and her boyfriend for Mr. O's bday. Another great weekend. we taught my in-laws how to play a drinking game, hilarious. mrs. O. did a very good job drinking when told. Too bad it's a 3.5 hour drive, it would be nice to spend more time up there.

Weddings weddings and more weddings!

We've had quite a busy month, hence the lack of recent entries! I'm sure I mentioned this before, but we had 6 weddings in 6 weekends...makes for a bit of craziness! But every one of them was awesome. I know I wrote about Jamie and Matt's wedding in NC but I don't think I've posted anything about the others. I'll put up some pics. One weekend we had a college friends wedding in syracuse on friday then my college roommates' wedding the next day in CT. That was a fun weekend! We have been able to see so many friends this summer! thanks to everyone who got married and gave us a reason to hang out! On top of all the weddings, we had to pack everything up and move to another apartment on campus...plus I had to work a couple of camps and brian has been working 3 days a week at a strength and conditioning 'camp'. Doesn't sound like much work for us but when you add packing, moving, unpacking, and going to weddings and fam functions on the weekends, things get a little crazy! Here are some pics of the weddings we've been to =)