"Down by the creek bank by the old holler log..."

Most of you are probably scratching your head right now wondering where I came up with the title for this post.  You probably don't get it because it was a song I sang in our Children's Choir at church when I was ten.  Man, did I love that song.  I wish you could hear me singing it right now.  You would probably point and laugh but that's ok because I don't mind accepting my inner cheesiness.

From my title you may have guessed that this post is about creek banks and if you did, you would be correct.  This weekend we drove to my old hometown to visit some family.  We stayed at my sister and her sweet boyfriend Jed.  It was such an amazingly relaxing weekend.  We slept late both days, lounged in our pj's for hours and made a trip to Jed's family's property.  They have a set up at their creek for campers and tents.  It's really awesome.  It's the same place we went for my sister's 21st birthday.  It was nice to go back and enjoy some time with the people we love most.

We arrived Friday afternoon and relaxed with my sister until her boyfriend got off of work.  We ate some delicious Mexican food for dinner and headed back to the house.  The night was filled with great laughs, fun games and some great mother daughter time.

 Mom and Daughter Facials? Check!

Letting Jed get in some practice for fatherhood someday? Check Check!

After just arriving at the creek we realized there was a massive wasp nest under the gazebo.  You see it was raining so it was our only shelter from getting wet.  Emma, myself and my sister hung out in the truck while my husband tried to dispose of this:

There was actually two of these.  I swear there were 20 wasp in it.  Every time Dustin got close I kept singing "My Girl" in my head.  At one point Leeha even rolled down the window and sang it to him.  It was a pretty intense situation until we were able to get some Wasp Killer.  I'm pretty sure we wasted an hour of our day just ticking off some pesky wasp.

After the wasp problem was under control, we fed our chunky baby.

Hair cuts were given.

Some of us changed into our bathing suits but forgot to change our shoes. This is my step dad.  You know you are so jealous of his sense of style.

I decided at some point during the day to get creative and use this new app on my phone called Retro Camera.  I found it thanks to this post from Kat.  Love her blog.  I'm always finding new things because of her!

Me and my best, Erin.

  I spent the rest of the weekend taking cool pictures on my phone while lounging at Jed's.  Emma enjoyed crawling around on his carpet.  She can't get around as good on our hardwood floors.

Auntie and her girl.  

Cuteness that is Tuck Tuck.

Bailey Girl.

I told you once before I'm a picture taking fool.  I wasn't lying.  Nine times out of ten my blog posts will be accompanied by pictures.  I just think it makes posts so much better.  It really lets you see a glimpse of our lives.

So far 2011 has been a fantastic year.  Non stop and I love every minute of it.

Do you have a creek near by?

What has been your favorite trip so far in 2011?

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