#Ozarks

Last weekend, my besties and I headed to the Lake of the Ozarks for our annual lake trip.

We've been taking these trips for 10 years. Ten years!

It was my first overnight away from Carson. It was pretty hard and I missed him like crazy, but this momma soaked up some much needed girl time and relaxation.

We owe our friend Megan and her family BIG for putting up with our shenanigans all these years. I can't imagine we were the most enjoyable bunch the first few years of these trips.

My, have things changed over the years. #shitshownomore

Just to name a few:

• We no longer crack open a beer before brushing our teeth in the morning.
• Cover ups now stay on until we absolutely have to take them off.
• Party Cove isn't a place we necessarily want to go anymore (Rolling into the cove blasting the Chi Omega song just sounds obnoxious now, but yes, we did that).
• We are responsible about applying suncscreen.
• Everyone makes it out after Party Cove.
• We can leave the bar without being wasted and are completely content with that (Don't worry, we busted out the beer bong on the way to Horny Toad for old time sake).
• 3:001:00 AM activities are now pumping and dumping. Yay for mommyhoood!
• We drink coffee in the mornings and Facetime with our families.
• There is beer leftover at the end of the weekend.
• Our group dwindles in numbers year after year. The first couple of trips we had 20+ girls! I know life is busy, but I wish we could ALL go back someday and relive our college days.

And what hasn't changed?

Our bond. The stories. The laughs. And the fact that these trips are some of my greatest memories from college.

That, my friends, will never change. #lovemygirls

Check out Lake Trip 2011
Check out Lake Trip 2010