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Mountain Trip

I know it's been a REALLY long time since my last post, but I'm tracked back into school. This means that I'm not running around on vacation any more and I have time to update. After my beautiful trip to Panama City with my family, Jeff and I went up to Shenandoah Valley with his family. The first night Reece and grandma cooked dinner. 


Then we went to the playground and got some energy out. Reece was very brave trying the rock wall, monkey bars, and the slides. Riley also enjoyed some play time!


With Grandma Hester!

I think this might be my favorite picture of Reece. I caught him off guard and captured his cute smile!



That same night the boys went to the driving range. The girls and kids crashed the party! The guys were ok with the party crash and even gave some of us lessons!


Later in the week Jeff, his dad, and I went horseback riding. This was Jeff and his dad's first time riding horses. I of course got the sassy horse. He kept going on the wrong side of the path, opposite of every other horse. Then at one point he decided to take a 'shortcut' through the woods. That's right-went off the path into the woods. Needless to say, but the horse people weren't very happy with me! I couldn't keep Mr. Sassypants in line. At another point on the trip he stopped to eat. We were told to pull their heads up if they tried to eat...did I do this-YES! The funniest part of the trip was that Jeff was right behind me. His horse was getting so fed up with my horse that he bit my horse in the bottom 2 times. That's right folks- my horse was bitten in the butt. Let me say, we had some good laughs this day!







Jeff and I also got to go to Lurray Caverns. This was the first time Jeff got to visit any type of caverns. We saw many neat things like bacon and fried eggs! The picture below is actually of an underground pond reflecting the ceiling. I am just so amazed by the beauty all around us that God created!



Across the street from the caverns there was a museum and old building. Jeff was so sweet and indulged me. I love old buildings and old things in general. Here is a REALLY old school house...I couldn't imagine teaching in there!



We couldn't have a complete trip without some swim time.



Thank you Jeff's family for a great family vacation. Jeff and I both had so much fun!

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