Hey guys! I apologize for it being way too long since i last posted! Back in early May, we went on a trip to NC for my sister's graduation! It was so much fun! We got to visit lots of family and friends, not to mention celebrate lots of special events!
Me and my sister Mollie
We were there for a little over a week, but it felt like we were there for two days! One of the days we were there, i got to see my bestest friend, Greta! <3 It was over a year since we last saw each other and we had so much to catch up on.
Top left: Hiking by a pond, Top right: My sister Hannah, Greta and me, Bottom left: me and Greta strawberry pickin'! :)
Can you tell we had fun!? :) Those were some of the highlights of out trip, but on another note, our family got a new puppy two weeks ago...his name is Moray :)
A week after we got back from NC, me and my sister went on our church's camp trip. It was soo much fun!! For worship, the band Rush of Fools played for us and they were really awesome. We were on a mountain so it was a gorgeous view the whole week!
Wes, the lead sing of Rush of Fools
Top left: Me and one of the band members, Bottom corner, the gorgeous view from the campus! <3
Hey everyone! Yes...i am still here! i just got back from a long trip and haven't really had a chance to blog yet. We went to North Carolina for my sister Emily's graduation from college! I will post in more detail and add some pictures later but just wanted to give you an update! Until tomorrow (when i will hopefully have more time to blog) i'll leave you with a quick music video that i love! (it's called Hurricane by Natalie Grant)
Hey Ya'll! Oh my goodness...i have not posted in so long! I really don't have any excuses besides that i just didn't feel like blogging. bahaha :) Anyway, a few weeks ago me, my mom and sister drove to New Jersey to visit all of our family there. It was really fun, and the week went by wayyyyyy too fast. There was one other reason we drove up there.....we surprised my older sister Emily with a bridal shower! :) It was so. much. fun!! She didn't even know that we were driving up there, she just thought she was going up for her spring break. Enjoy the pictures! :)
Emily being surprised :)
The lovely venue :)
The stuff to dip in the fondue
The yummy finger-food
On the way home from New Jersey, we stopped in Nashville and went to the Parthenon.
Hey Friends! I hope your doin' good! Today is my last post on our mountain vacation! On day 4 (Saturday) we went to a Christmas tree farm, and got a tree, before Emily and Mollie had to leave. The farm we went to was really nice, and it didn't take us too long, before we found one we liked :)
We found a winner!
After we found a tree, we headed back to the hotel, but on the way home, we stopped at the hollow tree!
When we got to the inn, sadly, we had to say goodbye to Emily and Mollie :( But we did have the nice thought of meeting our good friend's, the Woodlief's for dinner!
The outfit thing, was totally unplanned :)
We went to this great BBQ place for dinner, but before too long it was time to say goodbye to them too :(
The next day (day 5) we left to go home, but on the way home, we stopped in to see our wonderful friends, the Davis' and it was SO fun! We played games (they taught me how to play Uno, which, believe it or not, I have never played before) and Mrs. Davis mad a really good lunch for us all! After a few hours of fun fellowship, we decided we'd better get going because we still had 5 more hours of driving to do. But before we left, we had to get a picture :)
The kids
The adults
Well, that was such a wonderful trip, and I hope you enjoyed reading about it!
This is a pretty long post, so grab some tea, and take a seat :)
Hello friends! How are ya'll doing this week? Sorry, I have been procrastinating and have not posted day 2 and 3, but I see now, I have left some of my readers hanging, so I must write it now, before all of the Christmas busyness begins. With that being said, day 2! Well, the mysterious day 2, was actually Thanksgiving. We had plans to go up to Grandfather Mountain, but a certain member of our family misread the fine print in the brochure and, as it turns out, Grandfather Mountain is closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas. (Future reference for any of you, who were planning on going) haha :)
We drove up there in the morning, so after we found out we could not go up, we found another trail nearby, and went hiking for a few hours...
When we reached the top, there was a BEAUTIFUL view!!
Dad just fooling around.
After we finished hiking, we went back to the hotel, and hung around for a while until it was time for Thanksgiving dinner. Let me just say that Thanksgiving dinner was WAY better than I expected a hotel meal to be. They had so many choices and the best dessert - I was so full when we were done! Since we were all so full, we decided to drive into the town, and walk around all the shops and stores. Being 8pm, all the stores were deserted, of course, but it was fun to look in all the shop windows anyway.
This was in one of the shop windows, and I thought it was really cool :)
Well, that was day 2, now lets go on to day 3 :)
We woke up early, ate breakfast, and went Black Friday shopping! It wasn't your typical, Mall, Walmart, and Target run, but it was still so fun to walk around all those cute stores! One of the shops we went in, was a fudge shop, and it was soooo yummy! After we were done shopping, we went to the hotel, ate lunch, and headed to Grandfather Mountain. I'm not a fan of riding around in the mountains (too many turns and twists) but, that was the only way up.
As we neared the top, it quickly became scarier, and scarier, because it was so high. (I'm not a fan of heights) When we finally reached the top, it was SO WINDY! Oh my gosh, I don't think I have ever experienced anything so windy before. It nearly knocked me over as I was trying to walk. When we got out of the car, we immediately went up to the mile-high swinging bridge. Because it was so windy, the bridge was swinging, and I was so ready to get off. But my mom made me walk all the way to the the end, and now, I am glad I did, but at the time, I was so cold!
After we went across the bridge, we went to the little zoo area and saw the bears, cougars, and otters. It was so funny because as we approached the otter area, (they had a glass wall around them) as soon as they spotted Dante, they came right over and started pawing at the glass :)
After that, we were pretty exhausted, so went back to the hotel, and sat in the lovely parlor, and chatted for awhile :)
Hope joyed that post - stay tuned, day 4 & 5, coming soon!
Hello friends! How has your week been? Today I'm gonna do a post on our trip to the mountains for Thanksgiving! We left on Wednesday to go to the North Carolina mountains, and we had a BLAST! The car ride there, was pretty boring, but we watched a few movies, and that was fun...
Okay, funny story behind the next sequence of pictures. ALL. DAY. I was trying to get a picture of me and my mom, and we literally tried all day. Every picture we tried to take, there was just something wrong with it...you'll see what I mean.....
I guess that one (the largest one) will just have to do...haha, oh well :)
Anyways, we were lost for a while, (and being lost in the mountains at night, on a road that is straight down one side, straight up the other side, and super curvy is not fun) but thanks to my mother's GPS we were able to find the hotel, by 8:00 pm, and we had dinner at this amazing restaurant! After dinner, well first I should explain that this inn we were staying at, was like you stepped back in time! When you walked in, it had this GORGEOUS piano (you know me, and how I love pianos, haha :)) and a beautiful parlor. But it really is so hard to explain, so take a look at the pics...
Anyways, after dinner, we all went and sat in the parlor and chatted for a while. :)
Well, come back soon, and see what we did for Thanksgiving!
This past week, my two sisters, Mollie and Emily, and Emily's fiance all came to visit us for a few days! It was so much, but the days flew by so fast! One day we went to the Pink Palace Museum and we saw the dinosaur exhibit and to the planetarium which was really awesome!
Then they went to the town square and looked around...
