DalrympleClanAdventures: Labor Day Weekend

To say it has been crazy hectic here lately is putting it mildly!! Friday morning (as in nearly 3:30 AM) Josh hit a deer on his way to work...almost there and wham, a deer. My phone died a horrible death last weekend in the mountains. So between school starting, shuffling cars/repairs and surviving on one phone it has been insane. More updates later....

Friday the boys and I went to the mountains with Oma and Opa. We headed up late Friday morning and enjoyed a picnic lunch on the way up. Usually he head up around nap time and then shortly after we arrive it is time to go to dinner. So when we arrived around 3 Jack declared he could smell Big Mike's pizza as soon as we pulled into town!! They were all disappointed to find out it was not dinner time yet!! We did go to Big Mike's later and of course dinner was fabulous.

Saturday we went to the market. Sean was thrilled about this. He kept saying "market" all morning until we got there. Then he was thrilled to get corn on the cob there. They also got some yummy treats too. And then it was off to Franklin Park, best park ever! The troops all had a blast there. It also gave me an idea for a future Flashback Friday post, pictures of them on the train there over the years!

Then Saturday afternoon we went to Asheville. We went to the mall first for a stop at Eddie Bauer (do not have one in Columbia anymore) where I got some new jeans. We browsed around Biltmore Village for a short while and then went to the Biltmore. It was our usual routine of playing at the farm, dinner at Cedric's Pub, ice cream in the courtyard and running around for fun. And FUN was indeed had by all.

Sunday morning it was off to Franklin Park again. We can never spend enough time there!! After lunch it was off to the Apple Festival in Hendersonville. I can't provide any great pictures of this lovely event because we got DRENCHED!!! Shortly after we parked it started to sprinkle. By the time we got the the festival it was raining, quite heavily. So we found a drop spot to stand, but Ewan announced he had to go to the bathroom.

And then the real fun began. We all walked a little further in the rain. Oma, Opa and Sean found a somewhat dry but crowded place to stand and I was off with the big boys to find the bathroom. It seemed like forever, but in reality it was about 2 blocks. It POURED BUCKETS!!! Every single part of our bodies were wet. We came out of the bathroom and Jack insisted we stop to watch the dancers (as in GIRLS) perform. We watched two dances and went to get the rest of the family. By now it was just drizzling so we all watched another performance (all the boys were thrilled about this). Then it POURED again. Determined to get something apple before we left we stopped at the first tent we saw. We got an apple pie and some caramels and walked to the car (what is the point in running if you are already soaked).

The boys all had a change of clothes in the car so they were lucky enough to get somewhat dry. The grown ups had to sit in our wet clothes for the thirty minute ride home!!! I was cold to the bone and warmed up in some dry clothes when we got home. After some hot tea and a slice of apple pie things got better. We cooked a lovely dinner and it was "quiet" the rest of the day. This was the day my phone died (it was sitting in a puddle of water in the backpack). Luckily I saved the camera and Nook (they were in better compartments of the backpack, closer to the body).

Monday it rained all morning so we headed home somewhat early. We arrived home and Josh made quite a bit of progress on the garage. He had several friends helping and they raised the walls. Will post pictures of that later too.

That was our fun and crazy holiday weekend!!