North Carolina!

 We had an amazing time in the North Carolina mountains for fall break! We planned on leaving Friday right after Jackson got out of school to beat the traffic. I loaded up the boys and the plan was to pick daddy up at his Woodstock office and hit the road. Well, his procedures were a little behind, so we had some time to spare. We decided to head to Target to entertain ourselves. We hit the Halloween section and the boys loved trying on all the masks.

 Scary football Beckett.

 This was Beckett's favorite. Sweet teddy bear. Daddy was finally done, so we hit the road a little later than planned. We were meeting the Moffett's and Wonders there. They also had a later start, so we made reservations at a recommended restaurant for 8:30 near our house to meet up.

 After a much longer drive than anticipated, we made it! I must say I was quite impressed with all the children. We were at a nicer Italian restaurant, the kids had been in the car for 4 hours, and it was 8:30. They were so well behaved and sat at their own table while the adults ate ate at a separate table.

 We stayed in a beautiful house right on Lake Towaway. Once we arrived at the house, the excitement hit the children. There were up until 2 am playing with eachother. Crazy!!! This is Jackson's "girlfriend" Mary. Mary really wanted Jackson to sleep with her....we quickly nixed that!!

 The next day was a rainy day unfortunately, but the kids still had a great time playing with eachother. We went out to lunch and then headed to the local farmer's market. This was our view from our house. It was beautiful!

 This was too funny. I went to check on Beckett and he was in the basement den by himself cutting a mean rug!

 I tried to catch a picture of Beckett. It was raining a little, so he kept putting his shirt over his head to keep the raindrops away.Stinker quickly pulled his shirt back down when I got out my phone.

 Not only was the house beautiful, but it also came with a concierge who was also a babysitter. Bonus! Saturday night we made the kids dinner and then headed out for a adult tapas dinner. :)

 The next morning was gorgeous, so we hit the trails! Apparently we stayed in an area that has the most waterfalls, so we headed out to see one.

 Beautiful mountains.

 Beckett, of course, did not want to pose for the picture, but I snapped a photo of him to prove he was there!

 Sweet Mary and Jackson.

 Beckett and Jackson really wanted to hike further down the mountain, but we were running out of time. Where we stayed there was a country club, fishing, tubbing, boat rentals etc.We will certainly come back one weekend in the summer. It looks like so much fun!

The kids climbed up this little mountain and then we had some good old fashion vine swinging! Reminds me of my childhood...

 Beckett found a mushroom and was happy to pose with his find :)

Beautiful waterfall. Such a fun little weekend. We could have stayed longer but it was the perfect little trip. Can't wait to go back in the summer to enjoy the lake!






This is the picture that Jackson drew of his story. His story was about him and Mary, of course, making a volcano. The picture is of him and Mary sitting next to a volcano roasting marshmallows. Two sweet stories. Jackson and I were driving to school and he said, "Mary is the nicest person I have ever met." On the way to the mountains, we stopped to pick up some food. We were looking at the brownies Jackson ran over with a gluten free brownie mix. He said we had to get this version, so Mary could eat them. So sweet!!!