Camping Trip

A couple weeks ago, during track-out, my family and I went camping! Here are some pictures of some of the fun things that we did:

   

This is the house that the show the Waltons was filmed at! I haven't watched much of this show but it was still fun to see.

A beautiful view of the mountains!! It is amazing to see so much of God's beautiful creation all at once!

One day we visited the Monticello which was the home of our 3rd president, Thomas Jefferson. It was neat how he built his house and fun little details that he put in. . . accidentally or on purpose. One fun thing was that he had a clock that not only showed the time, but also the days of the week. The problem was though, that it didn't fit in the house so he had to cut holes in the floor for it.

These two pictures were taken at an apple orchard high up in a mountain. We got to pick apples and they were HUGE and DELICIOUS and THE BEST apples that I have EVER had!

Vacation in the mountains

Earlier this week we got to go on a trip to the mountains!! My family and I LOVE the mountains!! We were there for 2 full days. We had a fabulous time. We got there on Monday. Then, on Tuesday, we got to visit the Biltmore. It was really exciting because we haven't been there since I was 18 months old and my mom was pregnant with one of brothers, Micah. We stayed at Fairhaven Ministries which is a ministry that anybody can stay at. It is basically a lot of small, cozy cabins in the mountains. Our friends told us about Fairhaven and we LOVE it!

This is my family and I eating in the stables at the Biltmore. Very fun and VERY yummy! They even served gluten free food which was perfect for Micah :)

After touring the Biltmore, we went to the flower garden which had lots and lots of tulips. I love flowers, they are SO beautiful... a wonderful part of God's creation!

On the Biltmore estate, they built the "Antler Village". It had fun shops, restaurants, and, of course, ice cream! Yumm!

Antler Village was built on the area of Biltmore estate that had the farm. They had fun games, shops, and videos about what it was like to work at the farm in the 1800's.

On Wednesday we visited River Elk falls. It is a 75 ft. waterfall in North Carolina. The pool underneath it is the largest pool of water underneath a waterfall in NC. We didn't go swimming... too cold and too dangerous, but we had fun seeing the waterfall and hiking down to it! :)