Mountain Weekend 2009

This past weekend we went up to Beech Mountain with a couple of other families. In all, we had 6 adults and 3 two-year-olds! I know, we are part crazy:) But, really, the girls did SO GOOD!!!!!! I was impressed with all of them and how well they got along. Of course, we had a few sharing issues and some tantrums, but that is to be expected.

We drove up on Saturday and arrived late afternoon to find that the house had not been cleaned from the last person. We had to do all of the laundry so that we would have sheets and towels and then we scoured the bathtubs. Not a great start to a "relaxing" vacation! We let the girls run crazy on the wrap around porch. They loved it - it was like a racetrack for them! And we were able to sit and just let them go. The view from the porch was amazing and allowed for great sunsets!

Sunday we got up and the guys choose a one mile hike for us to go on. Now, one mile may not sound like very far, but with two-year-olds and a pretty rough terrain, it was quite a long mile!! It made for good naps, though:) That night the weather was so warm we ate dinner on the back deck as the sun set and then cooked smores! YUMMY!! S loved, loved, loved them:)

Monday we had a little more of a relaxing outing and went to the rope playground. We were worried it would be too old for the girls, but they really enjoyed it! There were rope swings, obstacle course type things and a HUGE slide that all the girls were brave enough to try.

We woke Tuesday to the remnants of a tropical storm so we packed our bags early and headed home. It was a beautiful weekend spent with wonderful friends!! We are looking forward to hopefully doing it again next year:)