So I thought I should get on tonight and update the blog once for our vacation stuff and then I can update again tomorrow when Christopher starts 1st grade! I have pretty much been nonstop since getting home from vacation and sadly the blog always suffers. The vacation was incredible!!!!! We got there in just over 1.5 hours and I probably said 100 times how much the world changes just 1.5 hours from my front door. The mountains of southern North Carolina 9 miles from Tennessee are breathtaking. I mean I said 'wow' about 40 times driving there. I will deffinately be seeing that beauty again, the sooner the better!
We got there and pulling up were shocked at how nice the yard was...the pictures online did the cabin no justice at all! When we went in we all said "wow" once more. The cabin was beautiful and clean and well maintained, semi private and on a 2 acre lot with an additional 2 acre stocked pond. The floors were hardwood pine and the cabin decor was moose, trout and bear. I was in love from the word go. It was quaint and cozy and about the same size as our hotel we used to stay at in Daytona years ago. Plenty of room though, and the gift basket with candies, cookies, and bananas was a very nice touch. Needless to say the M&Ms didnt last long. LOL!
The master bedroom was small and had a queen bed and no TV which meant me and brian had no choice except to snuggle in close at night. We had brought a second a/c window unit and put it in the bedroom window and it was so cold we stayed cuddled up all night!
The kids slept in the livingroom on the pull out sofa and had a perfect time. The TV stayed on iCarly and Spongebob and the cabin felt like home. I loved sitting in the almost chilly morning air sipping coffee while rocking in the rocking chairs on the big back covered porch and listening to the birds and other wildlife around me while everyone slept in in the mornings with Clover laying at my feet.
The whole area was green and lush and beautiful and quiet. The pond had a little dock and I spent most my free time sitting on it with my fishing pole. I caught more fish than anyone...and by far the biggest with whopper catfish weighing in at up to 5 pounds! The kids had more fun feeding all the baby brim hotdog and anything else they snuck out of the cabin than actually fishing. They decided they would let me do the hard work of casting and waiting and when I finally got one, they would want to real it in. Ha! Smart kids!
On our second morning there we decided to see what was around us. We went to Lake Cherokee and I ended up falling in the water trying to coax Clover into it and he was not going in any further than me so thigh deep was his max...coming out I slipped on some mud and went right in...Clover made a bee line for the shore. HA! Then we took a walk through the woods on a trail...we heard water rushing up ahead and about a quarter mile in we came to an incredible (and terrifying) concrete bridge/dam and it had a water fall in the middle. Huge whole trees floated in circles below us and looked like sticks bobbing in the water. Giant bass could be seen swimming in the more shallow areas. I got lots of pics and walked the kids across. I realized about half way back their poor little hands were all crumpled up in my white knuckled fists in fear of losing one over the side. They were equally as nervous though even in the beauty of it all and didnt seem to mind much.
Coming back we stopped for some worms at a bait shop and got directions to a nearby outdoor gun range, so we decided to also check it out while we were there since the kids were happy eating icecream and clover was passed out cold.
On the way we rounded one steep curve and seen in the ditch by the road a baby deer, white spots and all who seemed to be disoriented and maybe even injured. I pulled over and got some pictures and then realized it had a bad eye and was having trouble getting out of the ditch. I decided I would have to get out and try to help it. As I was getting out another guy in a truck was coming back down the mountain and asked what was going on...by then the baby deer was running in mad circles, one eye bulging and cloudy, in the middle of the road. I explained that we seen it and I was thinking of at least taking it into a nearby field to keep it from getting hit. Another car came up and I knew I had to do something. I scooped this baby deer up in my arms and it let out this bray "MAAAAAA" And it was so loud it scared me and Brian. The guy explained thats what the babies do. It kicked me a few times and I walked it over to the side of the road. The third car drove by. Then the baby deer came back out into the road and started running in circles again...so I knew then I had to snatch it up again and take it to the field or we would have to put it out of its misery. I asked if we should just run it over (trust me it was with a good heart I was just thinking that was a better quicker death than what I imagined it getting later that night) and both Brian and the guy looked at me like I was a shmuck...I was embarassed. So the guy said he was gonna call someone and I walked the baby deer deep into the field...as it started it braying again, suddenly from the other side of the field this HUGE whitetailed deer comes out of the woods...ears straight up, chest out, tail as tall and bushed out as possible...and she started charging right for me...and her baby! He brayed again, but I knew if I let him go then he would go right back to the road so I had no choice but to pray I wouldnt get killed by this huge deer and keep walking into the field. I finally let the baby down and we decided to give it some time. I walked back to Brian and the guy who was waiting too and decided we would head back up the mountain and check on things when we came back down.
On the way down we seen the guy and a woman (later identified as his wife) standing on the side of the road. They waited and waited watching the baby until its mom finally came all the way to it and walked it up into the woods. I was so proud! I helped save this babys life!!! We talked to them for a few and they said we should move up and I was ready to act on that order! We said goodbye and went home for the day.
We spent the next few days fishing and playing in the yard and listening to the afternoon and evening showers playing on the tin roof while sitting on the back porch. The kids loved the yard and they loved the paddle boat. We went to the flea market and decided that for the fall/winter we are going to do the bear/moose theme in the house. It will give it such a warm cozy feeling and will be beautiful! I am excited!
There are a million little memories that I have from this vacation like Laci kissing out caught bass and then smacking the crap out of one of them before throwing it back in, and like Christopher shooting a .22 for the first time and looking at Brian and saying "now THATS a kill", and me and Brian getting caught in the middle of the pond in the paddle boat as the skies opened up on us and we had to paddle so fast to get out of the pouring rain and were soaked and laughing so hard by the time we got back in. I needed that time up in Murphy to tell me how much I am missing of my family at home by wasting my life on the computer at home so much and I need to start focusing on what I have right in front of me in flesh and blood and not in cyber space. Since coming home I have been off the computer almost entirely and couldnt be happier in my choice. I feel better and more alive and I am enjoying my kids and husband more already!
We finally packed up and came home Wednesday morning and the kids were sad to leave but not as sad as me. I am ready to pack my bags and sell the house and run not walk back to that beautiful wonderland....but for now we will start a family tradition of 1-2 week(ends) a year heading back up to our special cabin in the mountains to get away from life for a few days and get back into us. I am hoping to go back in October...I am starting an envelope and praying we will see the leaves changing in the smokies in a few months! =)
When we got back, it was time for open house!!! Christopher met his teacher, Ms Glenn, on Thursday and out of all the kids in his kindergarten class only 2 made it to his first grade class...and one was his BEST friend Evan!!!! When I seen his name under Christopher's on the class list I shrieked in joy! When I told Christopher Evan was in his class his eyes got huge and he giggled in joy! When we got to the class they were already there and he and Evan picked desks sitting next to each other...and while we were filling out papers he also made friends with another little boy named Lane who chose a desk right in the same cluster and they all talked and laughed and showed battle wounds from summer and looked at a "where's waldo" book. It was everything we could do to pull them away to go home.
Tonight Christopher was so excited about tomorrow that almost an hour after laying down I heard him in his room singing, I just know he is going to have another great year! I am so very excited for him!
Friday I worked the kindergarten sneak a peak day with the PTA and I am going to be very busy this year with them as well. I am going to be trying to get a chair position on a few smaller committees and work on some larger events as well....one of these days I hope to make an officer position within the PTA. *fingers crossed* I also put in for room mom again, but with so many returning moms this year with kids in this class for a second time, I am afraid it isnt going to happen. Brian says to be faithful and wait and see....so thats what I am doing.
Laci starts pre-school Tuesday morning and she is just as excited as Christopher is. I am going to be lost with both my kids gone for hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays....but I am sure I will find my niche somewhere and make it work. If anything, I can get some good heavy duty house cleaning done!
Welp, its 10pm and tomorrow is a huge day so I guess I am going to get going to bed somehow...
Happy August everyone!
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