Labor Day Camping (Heavy with Picture)

This weekend Rob, Megan, and I went camping with Rob's summer coworkers.  I hadn't gone camping since I was 13 and we went to Virginia and DC with my family, so I was pretty excited.  Rob and I even drove all the way to Augusta to get ourselves a tent (only $42 at Dick's!) and also ordered two brand-new sleeping bags from L.L. Bean.
 

I'll spare you all the details because pictures are generally better, but I'll share some of my verbal highlights:

//Hearing Amie read aloud from "The Guide to Getting it On" (best sex book ever, by the way) and all of us laughing like 12-year-olds.

//Driving to the lake and seeing beautiful sunny sky!

//Watching Sara and Tim's beast, Ollie, running around like a mad man and playing tug-of-war with a leash tied to a tree.

//Hanging out for a few hours at the campsite only to be drenched in rain and finding ourselves hiding in our tents.  And getting to spend a few quality alone moments with my darling husband in our little tent shelter.

//Playing Never Have I Ever in the tent hiding from the rain with Amie, Megan and Robbie.

//Having maybe 20 minutes with a beautiful fire before the rain/thunder/lightning started up again.

//Eating a cheese-filled Oscar Meyer hot dog and singing the "Cheesy Blasters" theme song with Megan and Rob over and over and over.

//Hearing insanely loud thunder and intense rain all night long.  Hearing an extremely loud (and close) thunderclap and instictively grabbing my husband's hand in fear.  Felt good to know he was there :)

//Waking up to more rain and delicious breakfast sandwiches made by Amie!

//Taking my husband out on a date to celebrate how awesome he is...and because neither of us felt like cooking.

I hope you all had a wonderful Labor Day weekend!

I have awesome blog friends!

It must be said.

Yesterday I received a lovely little package from Jessica over at TART with a friendship bracelet inside:

If you didn't notice, she even customized it to match my blog! It even came in a lovely pouch and a box with leopard-print duct tape! How awesome is that?

If you haven't checked out Jess's blog, you should do so right now.  Hers was one of the first blogs I totally stalked started reading when I restarted blogging seriously a few months ago and I still adore it, and the lady behind it!

I have to say that this is one of the many reasons blogging makes me so happy--meeting kind and lovely people that I may not otherwise have known.

I hope you all have a marvelous Friday!

*Please forgive my chicken-skin arm and my baby wrists.  Fall has finally hit here with 50 degree temperatures and needless to say, I'm chilly.