We went camping this week in Bervard (near Asheville) with our friends the Townsends (Courtney and JT and their 4 kids Sydnie, Emma, Joshua, and Mady). We couldn't have asked for better weather - 74 during the day and a little chilly at night. We had a heater in the tent so we were nice and toasty. We only went for Tuesday - Thursday, but we had a blast. We didn't get there until 3 on Tuesday (I will explain in a post after this) so we unpacked and set up camp.
We had foil dinners and then Joshua and I were trying out a new recipe - campfire cones (they weren't great). But we did have banana boats and smores and enjoyed sitting around the fire.
These 3 played so hard. We didn't see too much of them as they were exploring with Emma and Joshua. Sydnie loved taking care of Channing - and we loved her chasing her!!!
Good morning guys!!
On Wednesday we went hiking to look at some waterfalls. (this is Carly)
This waterfall was super close to the road.....Finley like this hike!
The Dads!!! These two are a great team! We love hanging out with them.
The 4 big girls! Carly and Chloe look up to these two so much. They love hanging out with older girls!
My love and I - with a little spunk in the back!
Some cool rocks the kids scaled!!
Yes, he is cute! :)
Hang on Carly.....don't let go!!
Sydnie hiked the entire way with Channing on her back on the long hike. I took her back and I was hurting. I have no idea how she did this up the mountain!! Channing loves her Mimi (that's Channese for Sydnie).
The scenery was beautiful. The kids loved hiking together.
This was a cool waterfall that they actually went around the fence and walked behind the waterfall. Well worth the long hike!
Everyone in the cove! Channing and I opted not to climb for the fear of me sliding down the rocks!
Channing fell asleep in her back pack. She did really well in this pack! It was a life saver.
Tree hugger!! She loves being outside ~ can you tell?!
Racing in the leaves after lunch.
Breakfast time with 9 sweet kids! We will definitely be making this an annual event. We had so much fun!
As soon as we got home, Matt opened the garage door and this snake slithered into the garage and into the wall!!! Matt had to leave and take a shower and I was left to unpack the car with the lockness monster lurking about!! I had Chloe empty the car and put the stuff in the garage. Carly was in the house bringing everything into the living room and Harper stood and watched the hole for when the snake decided to come out! He finally started coming out and I was hoping he would just slither out and leave me alone. But nope! He got all the way to the open garage door and then went back into the garage!! I couldn't have an un manned snake in the garage - my luck he would end up in the house (I have had 2 nasty lizards in the house and I couldn't hand those - of course they were there when Matt was gone). So Harper helped make noise to make him go one direction while I tried to catch him. He was biting the soccer goal net and everything.....yes, I think he wanted to eat me!
But in the end, I won!! I think I lost my voice from screaming, but I got that sucker's head in my clippers. My boy protected me and helped me catch him. I HATE snakes!! This one was even worse because I had to kill him!! I have had my fill of being brave and killing animals around here. I have killed a mouse in the deep freezer(it jumped on the rim of the freezer when I had it open, so I slammed the lid down and ended up squishing the mess out of that nasty thing). A snake in the garage and 2 lizards (I caught them).
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