Mountain Trip

How has it been MONTHS since my last post? Time flies when you are having fun, right? Well, this is my post of shame as I try to climb back on the wagon.

We took a trip to the mountains the first weekend in October. It was so much fun. We have some friends that were gracious in offering us their cabin. It was so rustic and charming. Christian and the boys had a blast fishing and swimming (it was FREEZING) in the creek nearby. Sarah loved to swing on the playground next to the creek. We found a great playground for the kids in Hiawassee. We went there several times. It was perfect weather, but we did miss the colorful leaves by a few weeks.

The cabin was so neat, but my one complaint is this....

You cannot tell from this picture how ENORMOUS this spider was. This was actually the second one I found. The first was IN MY BED!!! When I called Christian to handle this one, he went in the bathroom armed with a broom and a boot. It was hilarious...

Just to document that I actually was there and larger than life, I give you this....

and this....a very fat and tired momma:)

On Saturday morning, Christian took the boys hiking. They went straight up this mountain. He said that he thought Caleb would have a hard time keeping up, but he said later that he was like a "mountain goat" bounding ahead of all of the others. They actually walked down a road because it was too steep to come back down the way they came up. The boys wanted to show me where they went, so we drove up there in the van and almost got STUCK. The tires were just spinning on the gravel because it was so steep. I really was scared. I thought that we were about to just slide off of the mountain! Christian took this picture when they got to the top.

We went to the highest point in Georgia, Brasstown Bald. We paid to ride up to the top instead of hiking...me with child and all:) There was a little museum with exhibits featuring Native American artifacts, local animals, and some historical information about the area. At one point, one of the ladies that worked there was telling the boys about the Cherokee Indians and how they were relocated from the land. She asked if they knew what that was called and Aaron piped up, "the Trail of Tears!" She then asked who was president during this time and as Christian and I looked at each other because we didn't have a clue, Jackson says, "Oh, I know...Andrew Jackson." She was clearly impressed and said that most adults don't know the answer to that question. It was a proud homeschooling momma moment:)