weekend in the mountains

 Ever since Brent and I went hiking in August, the kids have been asking to go. Well maybe just Colin. Joel isn't much of a hiker and Norah just doesnt want to be left out so she'll ask to go anywhere.  So we started looking at the calendar and this is the only weekend we could go. At first we were going to go camping too but every place was booked.  Apparently this was the peak weekend for the fall colors and it didn't disappoint.

We hiked Dark Hollow Falls again. We seem to do this every 3 years.  The last time was when I was pregnant with Norah.  Its just a great hike with kids since there isn't a chance they can fall off the mountain.  Although they did get right to the top of the waterfall with Brent and made me nervous when Colin was standing right at the top of the waterfall on slippery rocks.

 This guy surprised me by not complaining at all during the hike. He loved it and walked the whole way.

 Norah wasn't sure at first but it didn't take her long to get down and walk too. She walked all but maybe 15 minutes of a 2.5 hour hike. 

 Mary and Lenny came with us.  It was so fun to spend the weekend with Mary.  We stayed at Robbie's family's vacation house called "the getaway" and the views from the house were amazing.  Such a pretty piece of land.  Mary showed us where they want to build a house with beautiful views of the mountains.

 I'm not sure if Colin was attempting to push Joel in but surprisingly not one child got their feet wet the whole hike.

 

 It was so pretty.  Its probably been since we lived in west virginia that we've seen such a pretty fall. 

 So fun to spend time with Mary. 

 

 Mary and her baby.  Thanks for having us this weekend.  All morning Norah has been on her play phone "calling" mary and asking to talk to mary's doggie.  The boys loved exploring Robbie's land and Colin especially loved the tennis courts. 

 On our way home we stopped at Carters Mountain to pick apples.  I love these pictures of Joel!  

 So sad to see all those apples on the ground that were rotting away.

 

I think its pretty  much guaranteed by now that if theres a "pick your own" we will go and pick!  The kids each picked a bag then brent and I shared a bag and ended up with 60 lbs of apples.  So lots of baking this week!