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Weekend rewind

We had such a fun fall weekend in the mountains. We arrived around 8 Friday and got the party started! And by party, I mean feeding 6 kids and getting them ready for bed;-). (We let them play for a little bit too!)   Our house was so nice, and perfect for four families. After all the kiddos finally hit the hay, it was time for cards, lots of laughter and football, of course. 

The guys played golf Saturday morning, so the mamas took the kids to a fall festival in a nearby town. It was packed! I'm pretty sure everyone in western NC was there, ha! So, it was a little, scratch that, a lot chaotic... But the kids had fun! We walked around for a bit, ate lunch and got the big kids' faces painted. 




We met up with the guys around 3 and did a trade off. They took the kids back to the house and the mamas got to hang out by ourselves at a restaurant and have girl time while watching our gamecocks!

We did an easy crock pot dinner Saturday night... The kids had a ball, of course there was plenty of breaking up "he/she isn't sharing... Etc" with the big kids but all in all they did very well! 

We built an amazing fire outside Saturday night after the babies were asleep, it was a cold, pretty fall night in the mountains!

Always lots of fun with this crew!
Sunday morning everyone packed up to leave... But Mikey and I had other plans. All Collins talked about the whole weekend was wanting to "climb" a mountain. So we hit up the blue ridge parkway for some exploring. It was gorgeous up there!!! We stopped at the highest elevation on the parkway, and froze!!! We got out of the car to snap a quick pic and that was it! 
I had a few near anxiety attacks riding around the parkway... Y'all, that ain't no joke. One jerk of the wheel and you will be falling down the mountain. Ugh. I can't handle stuff like that well anymore. We ended up finding a nice, easy little trail for Collins to "climb" a mountain. And it ended at a waterfall! She loved it! And so did we:-)
After exploring the parkway we made our way to asheville for a late lunch. It was such a pretty day with a little chill in the air. We ate at a fav, Tupelo Honey... Never disappoints! The kids were obsessed with those delish biscuits!  We walked around for a bit and then got some ice cream before it was time to leave. 
Such a good, fun family weekend. And I'm finally getting into the fall spirit, i.e.: letting go of summer!

Happy Monday!

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