Vacation! (Jen's pictures)

We had a great two weeks away. Chris has many, many more pictures on his camera that are not yet converted so this is just a small glimpse of our trip and most of the highlights will come in a later post.

I think it is safe to say that Abby and Hanzie probably had the best time of all. They ran and ran and ran and were tired most of the time. Abby was so tired that she barely had the energy to steal food! Now that is saying something.

Here the boys take in a card game with Grandma on the porch.

Looks like Will might have something good!

OMg... so cute!

More doggy sleep time! Abby had her own bed there but always seemed to want to snuggle with Hanzie. Hanzie was too tired to fend her off so he just let her snuggle. Since we have been home I have actually seen Hanzie go lay with Abby so he must of realized that snuggling with her is not that bad!
We went on a hike to the bridge at Rocky Gap State Park and after took the kids to the beach to cool off. I think Alina was the only one to do any real swimming.
LEANO-BEANO! Noah Bean enjoys the lake.

Will takes time to pose for the camera.
Aidan filling his bucket.
Aidan decided to try on his big cousin's hat.

Alina!
Noah during the hike. The poor guy had a fever and a stomach ache during the hike and most of the second week we were there!
They made it all they way to the bridge.

Another shot of the crew atop the bridge.
"This is how I roll!" Hanzie spent much of the 15 hour trip back home like this.
We had a quick awakening to hot weather when we got home. It was quite cool most of the time we were in the mountains. The first week the highs never made it out of the low 60's for the most part and it was in the 40's at night. We didn't bring very many warm clothes so we actually had to go out and buy some stuff! The dogs had to get use to walking on a leash again and I had to get use to the stress of walking them both on a leash again. How relaxing it was to go on hikes with them every day and just watch them have a blast roaming through the woods, swimming in the springs and ponds, and chase deer, turkey, chipmunks, and bunnies. No worries, neither one of them is fast enough to catch anything! I must say that Abby still enjoys chasing butterflies more than anything else. The boys spent most of their time on the 4-wheeler their Pop-Pop bought them. Ethan had two small wrecks and Will had a close encounter with the pond. Overall they were very responsible on it and had a blast. Of course they wanted to bring it home but there was just no way to fit it. Ethan also rowed the boat all around the pond. I was surprised that he would go out on his own to do it. Most nights they had a campfire. While Bill and Steph were there visiting they camped out a couple nights. It was actually cold those nights and they were freezing in the tent. I was snugly warm in the bed with my pups in the house!