Family day in the mountains

 

Oh to be a 4-year-old and be so entertained with leaves! Annie was loving throwing them up in the air around her and Hope. We decided not to let this past Friday be filled with running errands and doing housework and Jon encouraged me to take a break and head to the mountains. No outlet stores, no tourist traps, not even lunch in an overpriced restaurant. We packed PB&Js, bananas, cheesesticks and crackers and headed for Cades Cove. It was so wonderful. Like a healing salve to a wound for me… just to be outside, in the beautiful sunshine and with the people I love more than anyone or anything else! We did the entire Cades Cove loop and stopped to see sorghum being made at the old mill and wandered through a century old Methodist church and farmhouse. We saw several deer, wild turkeys and Annie and Hope both even pet a real live mule! We got some great pictures and I will have to narrow them down to just a few shots but hopefully they will capture the fun we had.