This week, we celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary! Crazy. I'm not sure I feel old enough to have been married for 7 years. We always try to get away for our anniversary, at least for a night or two. We didn't have any plans this year because we have some fun things coming up (we're going to the US Open next weekend), and we have a 6 month old and two-year-old. However, last Friday we went a little wild and decided to go to take the whole family to the mountains. Matt literally called the hotel Friday morning and booked us a condo in Blowing Rock. Then, once he got home from work, we loaded everyone up and off we went. All things considered, everyone did great in the car. It's an almost 4-hour drive from our house to the mountains. We stopped and ate dinner, but otherwise drove straight there. When we first told Henry we were going to the mountains he said, "Will we see big snowflakes, mommy?" I think we can thank Mickey Mouse for that one. I told him there probably wouldn't be snow this time of year, but that they'd be big and really fun to see. Driving in, it was so sweet to hear him in the back seat going, "I see the mountains!" Little did we know that Friday would be the only day we could actually see the mountains!
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| Just riding in the car to the mountains! |
The fog rolled in Saturday morning and you literally couldn't see anything. Everyone did a great job sleeping - James in the pack n' play and Henry slept in a queen-size bed we pushed against the wall. We decided to venture to Grandfather Mountain with the hopes that the fog would burn off and with the knowledge that even if it didn't, they have a zoo and some other fun things to do there. The fog definitely didn't burn off. Visibility was very low. We were able to enjoy the zoo - Henry got to see the bears and eagles, and we did (stupidly) drive up to the top of the mountain thinking maybe we could get above the fog. Nada. No such luck. The fog was so thick up top that you could hardly see the car in the parking lot. Needless to say, we didn't venture out on the swinging bridge.
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| Foggy at the top. See the bridge in the background? |
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| Just chillin' |
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| See the bear? |
We did have a delicious lunch at one of our favorite little restaurants in Boone and then headed back for nap. We had so many leftovers from lunch, that we were able to feed Henry dinner from that. Matt went fishing during nap time and after everyone woke up, we walked around the lake at our resort and just enjoyed being outside.
When we checked in, they gave us a take-out menu for the nice restaurant at our resort. Matt and I decided to celebrate our anniversary after everyone was in bed, so we ordered take-out from the restaurant and enjoyed a yummy meal in our condo. It was actually really peaceful. Unconventional, but a nice way to celebrate.
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| Everyone ready for bed in their sleepsacks. |
We hoped that Sunday the fog would be gone and we could stop at some overlooks on the way down the mountains, but again...no such luck. Foggy the whole way down. We still managed to have a great time though and it was just the change of pace we needed.
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| So foggy. And Henry was over it. |
Another bonus was that we got to stop on our way home and meet our new nephew, Ian! Oh, he is such a precious little bug and we love him so much already. He seemed so tiny next to James, but he is as sweet as can be.
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| Baby Ian and Baby James |
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| Love this little nephew. |
It is hard to believe that 7 years have gone by, but we've accomplished a lot and been so very blessed. Looking forward to all that the future holds!
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