Family Vacation- Part 1

The first part of our vacation was visiting our friends Sarah and Ben at their home near Asheville, NC.  My best friend and her kids also came over to Sarah's and we enjoyed catching up and seeing how big each other's kids have grown!  This is the second time we have gotten together at Sarah's and we decided it needed to be an annual trip :)

this little guy LOVED being outside most of the day :)

the cottage- where our family stayed; had a kitchen, big open living area and a bathroom;  the other cabins on the property are much more rustic

princess Amelia

little cowgirl

high light of each day was playing on the little swingset- Luke LOVED the big boy swing

lots of walking up and down stairs

the other BIG high light- throwing rocks into the creek (Amelia and my best friends little boy LOVED this)

one morning we went to an area of creek perfect for wading- the kids really enjoyed it after getting over the initial shock of how cold the water was

best friends

Luke enjoyed it but kept a death grip on whoever was walking with him

daddy was trying to teach him to skip rocks- he thought eating them was more fun

an attempt to get 4 out of 5 kids lined up for picture (baby Abigail was not a fan of the cold water)

After Daddy showed Amelia how to do the slip-N-Slide she LOVED IT!

Luke- not so much- he preferred to walk around in the grass

wipe out!

this happened  A LOT! Playing outside wears a little guy out!

next day- Splashville; which NONE of the kids liked

our back up plan- a local park where we had our picnic lunch and let the kids play

the BEST picture of ALL the kids: they are in age order: 4, 3, 2, 1, and 0 (8 months old)

quick hair-cut for the boys

Sarah made Minnie Mouse and Mickey Mouse waffles

Amelia said," I bit off her ear, Mommy!"

More pics to come as we said goodbye to our friends and headed to Jellystone for camping!