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This weekend Erin and I went down to the lake to hang out with Tom, Kathy and some of their friends. We also planned on getting the boat winterized and put away for the year. When we left Cincinnati it was raining, as we went it rained more and more, and harder and harder. When we finally got to the dock it looked like we were going to get a short break to carry the stuff down to the boat. So we grabbed all we could and headed down to the boat. Across the water a little ways we could see Tom and John near where Tom parks his boat. Then Erin said here comes the rain again.. and what came next was nothing short of crazy! It rained so much, and the wind blew so hard I said to Erin it felt like a tornado. Well when all was said and done, it was a tornado! You can see by the pictures it tore apart docks, snapped boards, and removed roofs. The worst of it happened to some poor little floating house that was completely destroyed. All the walls and roof where scattered in the water around the marina, while their furniture and stuff remained sitting there. The marina owner told us later that they found the roof to one of the houses up the hill in the woods somewhere. Crazy stuff! The only good side is to my knowledge no one was hurt.

Other then that it was a nice weekend! We got the boat put away and we had a fun time relaxing with everyone. Sad to think that boating is pretty much over for the year, but nice to think that by the time we go back next year to open the boat back up it will be me, Erin, and the baby going!

Pictures on the Greatlandings Photo Site under the Lake Trip 10-10-09 album.

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Erin and I just returned from another fun filled weekend at Norris Lake. While the weather probably could have been a little nicer to us, it was still an awesome time. As usual there was some swimming, some fishing, some eating, some lots of drinking, and even a bit of jumping. And by jumping I am talking about the good old bridge jumping kind. If you take a look at the pictures you will see Adam, Simmie, Justin, and Cole… let me say that last one again… COLE… All up on the bridge jumping off. In fact Justin and Cole went twice, while it took every fiber in his scared silly body to get Simmie to jump the first time!

Be sure to check out all the pics in the Lake 8-28-2009 album on the Greatlandings Photo Site! Thanks to everyone for a great weekend!

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Erin and I were at the lake this past weekend. The water was warm and the beer was cold so lots of good times were had. Some nice pictures of the kids, and some funny ones of Tom doing some “night fishing”. Be sure to take a look at the whole Lake Trip 8-8-09 album on the GreatLandings photo site. Thanks, See ya~

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This past weekend was the Adult Trip to Norris Lake. There were four couples on Tom and Kathy’s house, and four couples in each of the two Gone South floating house rentals, giving us a total of 12 couples/24 people/48 legs/240 fingers 239 toes/and zero kids/pets.  And with them kind of numbers there was no shortage of fun people to hang out with. From the time we got our first complaint at the marina (2:00 in the afternoon) I knew it was going to be a good weekend. We had good weather (even though the forecast was for 60% chance of thunderstorms all weekend), great food, and awesome drinks! There was singing, swimming, fishing, boating, and floating. And only one minor injury that was quickly fixed up with an ice pack and some dock line.

I had to delete about 600 pictures since there are laws about showing that kind of stuff on the Internet (I’m looking at you Amy!), but you can check out the full Adult Lake Trip 2009 album on the Greatlandings Photo Site. Thanks to all for a great time!

PS – Huge thanks to Megan for babysitting our house and “kids” so we could have fun!

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Memorial Day was this past Monday and Erin and I were lucky enough to be able to spend the weekend at the lake with family and friends. The weather was perfect, the drinks were delicious, and with the exception of a few hours I can’t seem to remember it was the best time! Cole even got up bright and early twice to go fishing with Tom and John, and both times he came back with a nice small mouth bass. Thanks to Tom and Kathy for lettings us hang out at their house!

Be sure to check out all the pictures in the Memorial Day 2009 album on the Greatlandings photo site.

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This past weekend Erin and I celebrated Labor Day down at the floating house. Others helping us celebrate at the house included Adam, Sarah, Skylar, Cole, Kathy and Debbie. Friday was sort of a quiet evening with everyone being a little tired, but Saturday was a real barn burner with not only Sarah 2… but Sarah 3 and then Sarah 4 even making an appearance! Good times! Erin increased her tolerance by staying up to all hours of the night we the neighbors. All and all it was a great time even if it was a little sad thinking the summer was coming to an end. Hit the jump to check out all the pictures and even a few videos! See ya~

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