The Mountains

We spent last weekend in the mountains at Lake Lure NC.  Our desire in going was to just be a family, to have time to think about life and our priorities and to try and process the past 9 months.  It was a welcomed break for all! The weather was beautiful, the cabin clean and well appointed and the views (especially on the drive) were amazing!

Be ware-there are A LOT of photos.   

Our little teddy bear...

Loving the huge tub!

The kids favorite thing was trying out the bunk beds.  It was their first time in a room together AND on bunk beds.  They LOVED it.  Katie slept on top and O on the bottom.  Honestly, Justin or I were up at least a few times each night, but it was worth the joy they had.  :)
 
We walked around downtown historic Hendersonville.  What a cute town!  This was Katie's favorite shop...a knock off American Doll Store.  :)

And this was O's favorite spot-cranes, trains and other construction models!

The kids got to watch, Cars and Toy Story 1 and LOVED it!

We took a few walks down to the lake-threw some rocks and found some neat sticks!

One can see we don't trust Owen to stay out of the stream.  :)  

I tried slowing down my shutter speed for this mini water fall...It sorta worked.

Katie found some mountain wild flowers that she just had to have.  Then she rained tears of sorrow when they didn't make it in her vase of water.  :(  We were amazed at how sad she was when they wilted. She said she loved the color they brought to her hands!

happy, Happy, HAPPY to be outside!

Our cabin!

Pretty good for self timer!

 K's silly face-always a tongue and squinty eyes...

  O's silly face...knuckles around his mouth...

 LOVE THESE TWO!!

 And to round out our trip the last few are Katie's photographs. :)

 *We both took this one together... :)

Yes...the mountains allow us to stand in awe of the bigness of creation.  To know that everything is held together by a God that intimately knows each part.  And to know that He is holding us on our journey of life.

Thankful for the blessing to travel.