We headed into the mountains on Saturday morning with my mom who is taking a watercolor painting workshop in Boone, NC. She rented a cabin/house with my Aunt for the weeks and we were lucky enough to go with her for a few days. For an added bonus Tony was able to take a couple days off and come too - yeah! The only thing missing was Grandpa, but we will see him this weekend in Florida.
The cabin was awesome! I think I want to live there ! (well maybe not in the middle of winter)
there was a beautiful view from the porch.
THe inside was cozy
The boys discovered some games
Adeline loved this guy
On Sunday we went for a walk on the Greenway in Boone. It is a paved walkway that goes around the park. It turned out to be a pretty day despite some ugly rain clouds lingering overhead. yes I made the kids sit and have their picture taken. Not too bad - not great , but it will do.
We picked Dandelions. That is Adeline's favorite right now.
played with the most adorable puppies
walked along a stream
crossed a covered bridge
then after hiking up the side of the mountain, took a much needed rest!
Except for the teenager who did what teenagers do - talk on the phone. shh dont tell anyone he was talking to his grandpa .
silly girl
Then on Monday while my mom and aunt were at their workshop we headed to the Foggy Mountain gem mine. The boys were given a bucket prefilled with rocks and gems. They had to sort out the rocks from the gems.
And yes we did find gems!!! Lots of them - rubies, emeralds,tiger's eye, quartz, topaz, labadorite, garnet, moonstone, and a few more. The gems in the plastic round dishes are what the gems look like after they have been cut. Our gems are the ones next to the dishes. We took ours home in the rough. Maybe we will get a rock tumbler and shine them up a bit.
Then we headed to Linville Falls for lunch and a hike. Adeline ate her lunch on the go : )
The view was great from here
but amazing from here!!!
such handsome guys
An awesome vacation in the mountains!!
We picked Dandelions. That is Adeline's favorite right now.
played with the most adorable puppies
walked along a stream
crossed a covered bridge
then after hiking up the side of the mountain, took a much needed rest!
Except for the teenager who did what teenagers do - talk on the phone. shh dont tell anyone he was talking to his grandpa .
silly girl
Then on Monday while my mom and aunt were at their workshop we headed to the Foggy Mountain gem mine. The boys were given a bucket prefilled with rocks and gems. They had to sort out the rocks from the gems.
And yes we did find gems!!! Lots of them - rubies, emeralds,tiger's eye, quartz, topaz, labadorite, garnet, moonstone, and a few more. The gems in the plastic round dishes are what the gems look like after they have been cut. Our gems are the ones next to the dishes. We took ours home in the rough. Maybe we will get a rock tumbler and shine them up a bit.
Then we headed to Linville Falls for lunch and a hike. Adeline ate her lunch on the go : )
The view was great from here
but amazing from here!!!
such handsome guys
An awesome vacation in the mountains!! MOM - if you read this before you leave there - the best place to take your trash is behind the realtors office! hope you are having fun
2 comments:
Beautiful pictures. Glad you got to go!! Miss you.
Love the idea of linking to your post...I'm not brave enough to do that yet (most of my fb friends dont even know I have a blog :-O ) This is good time management and a better forum for great pics IMHO
I yearn for a cabin vacation! Looks like you all had a wonderful time. Post your moms art please.
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