Day 3 of Vacation

Wednesday I decided I would get up to see the sun rise. I was sort of disappointed. I mean it was pretty and all but it was a cloudy morning so I couldn't really see the sun come up.

We went into town and had breakfast at Bob Evans. It was yummy and we enjoyed the conversation flowing around the table. Anna had to make a few trips to the bathroom but just because she enjoyed walking around the store. After we left there we went to the outlet stores. We could have spent at least all day there. I damaged my little toe so that spoiled my fun. I wacked it good on a base of a column. I was chasing after Anna, imagine that! We left there and had to swing by the grocery store and then we went back to the cabin. It was around 2 by that time so we ate a quick lunch. Anna and I had ours outside on the porch. After lunch was nap time so we crashed up stairs. We spent most of the rest of the afternoon enjoying the back porch. I tell ya I could live on the porch. It is just so peaceful and relaxing. You feel so close to God out there. It truly was amazing.

We did walk down to a house they were doing construction on just a little ways from our house. We didn't get to see much though cause they didn't have a good entrance for us. I didn't feel like walking across plywood that is resting sorta on the mountain and sorta in the air. I tell you I could never work in construction up there. I am not afraid of heights but I like to know something is under me lol.

Wordless Wednesday - The View

My weekend!

It was fun and odd lol. We left my in-laws house Friday morning and headed off to the mountains in NC. We stopped in a small town for lunch and I had the yummiest wrap ever. It was a cheeseburger wrap. We made it to the house mid-afternoon. It is a beautiful home. 3 stories with beautiful views of the mountains. I stayed in the basement and let me just say it was like a little piece of heaven. I had a huge screened tv and a fireplace with a thermostat. I stayed nice and toasty every night! Friday night Anna started out sleeping with her Yia Yia but she fell out of the bed half way through the night and ended up with me. Saturday night she slept with me and I think she loved it downstairs as much as I did.

Saturday we went to some shoe store that had so many shoes you would have to spend HOURS there to look at them all. I bought me a pair of sketcher sandals for $17.00! They were kids shoes lol. We did some exploring in the mountains including trying to find the spots where Dirty Dancing was filmed. It was great and relaxing. The only problem was the stairs in the house. Anna wanted to keep going up and down and up and down. It was driving us crazy lol. I ended up staying downstairs so she could just go back and forth. She didn't want to go down if no one was down there unless someone went with her.

The weather on Saturday is what was so odd. We left the house and started down the mountain. The temperature dropped from 50 to 36 in like 10 minutes. We saw sleet one minute, sunshine the next and then pure fluffy snow flakes the next. It was crazy I have never seen anything like it. It was a cold day but the sun finally came out to stay for a while. Listening to the wind in the house was wild. It whistled and carried on both nights we were there. I couldn't really hear it from downstairs so it didn't keep me up. Although with my very own fireplace keeping me so cozy I don't think anything would have kept me up.

Anna was a real trooper through the entire trip. The curvy roads made me sick but she seemed to be ok with it until we started down the mountain the last time. She got sick for the first time. I am guessing it was a combination of factors including it was a clear pretty day and Cindy was charging on down the mountain lol. That and she really didn't have anything solid on her stomach probably didn't help. She did great though. In May we will be heading to Tennessee and it will be a longer drive so hopefully she will do just as well.

That was our weekend. It went by in a whirlwind but it was a lot of fun! Thanks Cindy for inviting us to join you guys!

I'm BACK!

We had a great trip. I feel like we were in the road for 10 days but it was a lot of fun! I will share some pictures with you all but first I need to share my bad news. Last night around 5 am our dog passed away. We were going to take him back to the vet this week but he didn't wait. I believe it has been a rough weekend for my hubby. It has been a little confusing for Anna, she keeps asking where Buddy is and looking for him saying "I can't find him". Hopefully, she will adjust to it soon. We knew it was coming and talked about it with her and tonight we tried to explain it all to her but I don't know how much she really has a handle on. We would appreciate any prayers!

Now onto the happier moments of the weekend. Sorry there are so many pictures but I just had to share!

Anna's swimsuit! She tried it on so we could get pictures. I just thought this one was funny!

This is the view off of the back balcony the day that we arrived. Can you see the clouds hanging low over the mountain?

Anna warming her hands in front of the fire. This just came to her naturally I didn't instruct her to do it.
Now she is playing Chess. We have such a smart little girl lol.
Here she is with Yia Yia waiting on dinner.

Here is the last of the sunsetting!

Here she is with me on the day we were leaving. Such clear skies!

Enjoy the pictures and I will tell you about our trip tomorrow maybe. Anna is driving me crazy at the moment so let me get her to bed!

She cracked me this morning!

After washing Anna's sheets 2 days in a row I had a weak moment and bought some night time pull ups. I will at least use them when we are gone this weekend. Oh I don't think I have mentioned it on here. We are going to the mountains to celebrate my MIL's Birthday. It isn't until later in the month but her sister wants to take her to the mountains for a girls weekend. This is just the only weekend it worked out. So tomorrow we will head up to their house and then Friday morning head off to the mountains. I am excited about our trip I just hate that my hubby will be stuck at home alone. Hopefully he will be able to entertain himself. Oh who am I kidding he will probably play poker Friday night and either play golf or something on Saturday. I hope he has fun whatever it is he does. I plan on having fun! I am hoping to even squeeze in some hiking or something equally as cool and active.

But back to the pull ups - I don't really want to use them but I really want a full nights sleep of not getting up to take her potty. I would also like a break from washing her sheets so much. I feel as if we are back tracking though so I don't know. I will use them for this pack which will last almost a month and then we will decide if I buy another pack. Luckily since she will only wear them at night it will only be about $10 for a month. I could save that in the water and detergent from washing her sheets so much.

Well, I have a million things to do before tomorrow so I better run. Hope you all have a good afternoon.