We took the kids to the mountains for the weekend to try to squeeze a little more fun out of the summer. It was our first family vacation with just the four of us and we enjoyed the time away. We walked around Boone and Blowing Rock on Friday night and then Saturday we spent the day at Tweetsie Railroad. The train ride itself terrified Riley because of the cowboys and Indians shooting at one another and jumping onto the train. But, other than that Riley had a blast! He rode a ferris wheel for the first time and he rode the Scrambler at least 5 times.
The whole way home he just kept saying "thank you so much for taking me there! I had so much fun and I love my gun!" Now every night he sleeps with his gun (purchased at the Tweetsie toy store) and every night when he prays he thanks God for his gun and his bullets. Oh, my! (I think I do better with pearls and hairbows!) ;)
During our drive to the mountains, Riley said that he and Mary Kenzie wanted to hold hands, so I turned around and sure enough they were holding hands as best as they could across the aisle from their car seats. 
Here are some pictures from our weekend away and a few shots of the kids at the waterpark where we spent most of the summer!
