A Day in Maggie Valley

Last week my mom came to pick up my sister from my house. My family lives in Florida so we don't get to spend very much time with them. Needless to say, when she comes she wants to make the most out of her time with the grandkids. She had wanted to go to Maggie Valley the last time she was here, but the weather was terrible and we never made it out past Ashville. So, since Daniel was off last Thursday we all loaded up and headed out to Maggie Valley. It was very overcast and sprinkling when we left home, but as we got closer to the mountains everything was sunny and dry.

After we drove through the busy part of town in the center of Maggie Valley we came to a little country store with a huge lookout tower. For 50 cents per person you could walk to the top of the tower to look through the binoculars and take some pictures. So, that's exactly what we did. Although the binoculars were not very good the view was great.

This picture was taken at the bottom of the tower.


These pictures were taken from the top of the tower.

After we were done taking some pictures and doing some shopping we were ready for lunch. We stopped at a Mexican Restaurant that had really nice views, but the food was not as good as El Titanic. LOL...

After reading the menu for himself, Isaac showed me what he wanted to eat.

And so did Logan.

My mom loves gem mining, so we got some directions to Old Pressley Sapphire Mine. When we got there it was closed though. I guess we got a flyer that did not have the updated hours of operation. Oh well - I wasn't too disappointed.

We had a great time in the mountains last week. It was nice just to be able to spend the day with my husband as a family. We don't get to do that very often anymore.

A Day at Kings Mountain Battleground

My mom and my sister, Deandra, came in last Wednesday evening to visit for a few days. Since Daniel didn't have to work Thursday we decided to take the kids to the Kings Mountain Battleground. It was a really nice day and we wanted to spend it outdoors instead of inside. Besides my mom had never seen it before and we figured she would really enjoy visiting a "historical" place.


First, we stopped by The Living History Farm. It was really interesting to get to see how the people back then used to live. It was actually really neat - they had everything they needed right there on their property.


This was one of the homes they had there.



I think this is where they did some of their cooking.


Daniel posing for me in the outhouse.


The kids really liked the seeing the roosters that were roaming around.....even the big kids!


Like father....like son.


Another picture of that cute little house.


The most wonderful, loving husband a girl could ask for.


After we left the Living History Farm we hiked for one and a half miles around the Kings Mountain Battleground.


My mother and I starting to feel the burn coming uphill. Hey....at least it wasn't hot. It was actually a little cool and very windy.


The kids stopped for a quick pose up against one of the monuments......


while Mommy and Grammi stopped to catch their breath for a minute.

We had a great day and enjoyed just being together!

More Pictures from Gorges State Park

After a long day of hiking we all worked up quite an appetite.
Daniel decided that he was going to try sushi and octopus. YUCK!!!!!


He looks excited as he picks it up with his chopsticks and dips it into the soy sauce mixture.


And now he is chewing it all up. I wish I had taken a video of this one. He almost didn't get it down. Needless to say, after he forced the sushi and octopus down, he did not eat anything else.


I love this picture of Alanna.


Haili and Nicole


Isaac did not want to walk anymore.


Haili, Alanna, and Malachi


Daniel, Joseph and Brother Joel


The Rohrer's walking on the rocks near the waterfall with Alanna and Haili.


Daniel and Brother Joel


Alanna, Nicole, Haili, Malachi, and Caleb