Mountain Life

We joined Julie, RT, Tennant, & Ellie in Independence, Virginia for the New Year. We LOVE the mountain house! There are deer and stuffed animals (and I don't mean the little pink kind) everywhere, a cabin without electricity on the top of the mountain, and miles of trails to explore.

The view from the top of Buck Mountain.

There is a cemetary with a bunch of old "Ward" graves - Grandma Iris was a Ward. I wonder if we are related?

We love the cabin! Cora and I didn't sleep up there (Landon, Heather, & Tennant did), but I look forward to having kids that are old enough for a camping adventure. It will be really fun to all pile into the cabin.

Cora LOVED RT! RT was carrying Cora outside, and he had a chew in his mouth. He spit. As RT reports it, Cora watched, studied his face for a minute, then mimicked his spit. She was also into the deer heads all over the house. I think that we might have a little mountain woman on our hands!

Cora enjoying Aunt Heather and Ellie time before bed. The trend all week was the Aunt Heather got Cora dressed for bed, then Grandma M came to actually put her to bed. As you might be imagining, Heather and Ellie were not "slowing" Cora down. The whole time that they were getting her ready for bed, the room was erupting with giggles. Poor Grandma M!

The mountains required LOTS of hats...

 and boots...

 ...and mittens!

Happy New Year!