New Hampshire!!

Welcome to one of the most beautiful places in the U.S. fern hill...
These are the cute little cabins that we all stay in during our bi-annual family vacay..

Not only are the cabins beautifully nestled among the tall hemlocks but the trees open up to Half Moon Lake and this awesome beach...


The fam catchin some rays...

After enjoying the beach for a bit, we grabbed a canoe and explored some of the little creeks off the main lake...

Veronica, Scott, and Kevin could go even further up the creek in the kayaks...

The next day Kevin, Char, and I went on a sunset fly fishing adventure...

Kevin practicing his casting skills...

He actually caught the first fish of the trip on his special red ant fly...

Then Char quickly followed suite and caught his own little fish...

I didn't catch any fish but I did catch some sweet photos of the sunset...

The next day it was off to pick blueberries, this is a huge hit among the kids and the adults each time we come...

Scott was quickly filling his bucket...

When the bucket was full he and Colin filled their bellies with a few...

G'ma and her boys and pounds and pounds of blueberries, luckily we had Vicki with us who was the master baker, she made 2 blueberry pies and 12 blueberry muffins!

Our last night there the boys all went off in their fishing boats, Uncle Patrick and Scott in Docs boat, Kevin Char and Dad in the canoe...

While they were off fishing I again grabbed a few shots of the sunset and our solidly constructed sand village, complete with heart shaped pool, moat, and mountain with a drive threw tunnel...

I leave you again with another gorgeous summer sunset...


I hope everyone else out there is having as much fun as we are with our summer! However it is quickly coming to an end but our last little treat of the summer is a visit from our bestest friends Amy and Dan this upcoming weekend! We can't wait! Pics will follow!

Weekends with folks we love...

When we returned from Boston we enjoyed a beautiful Thursday night at Mayfells! Thursday night is dog night where everyone brings their dogs to dinner and part of the bill is donated to a local shelter, Mayfells has quickly become our favorite spot in downtown, I mean check it out...

The next day our friends Josh and Jess stopped in for a visit. Charlie's mom came too! Our little group headed down to RIBFEST 2010~ where we first had home made root beer...
After a thorough taste test we determined that the SC ribs were the best overall...

It was so crazy that Diana was here all the way from Fort Worth just to have Fort Worth ribs in Asheville!


We also tried the TN ribs, these ones had the most unique sauce, Jess and I really liked it but we couldn't convince the rest of the crowd.

Fat and HAPPY...

The following weekend we joined Diana on visit to Charleston to see Matt & Lauren (char's bro & sis in law) at their new home! We had a blast hanging out with their two beautiful daughters, Adelaide and Henrietta. We visited the weekly farmers market and had the most delicious crepes ever! We also got to play in the sand at the beach, I forgot my camera back at the house so I unfortunately don't have any pics of that adventure.

Matt and Lauren were awesome hosts, we miss them already and can't wait until they get a chance to come visit us up here in the mountains!