Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Spruce Pine - Aug 12-20

Spruce Pine in October

On Wednesday, Slade met us at the airport for our return home from Albuquerque.  We spent the night with he and the kids. 

Thursday afternoon when Slade got off work, we headed for the mountains to celebrate Slades birthday and spend a week with the grandchildren.

Friday, we went for a hike to Crabtree Falls on the Blue Ridge Parkway.


  • Dad and the kids

Anna tries out Papa's walking sticks and hat

Evan and Slade cross the river the hard way.
Friday evening, we celebrated Slade's birthday in a fine fashion


Saturday, Slade and Evan took off for a father/son event camping. 

We met them in Hickory Sunday afternoon and picked up Evan for a fun week at the mountain house.

We hiked to Linville Falls, one of our regular hikes we take every year.







Mimi and Anna and Evan had fun with lots of crafts.


The leaves peaked this week and were among the best we've ever seen. 


A great week of birthday celebrations and fun with the Grandkids.