South Carolina

Since Maw Maw and Paw Paw couldn't come here for Abigail's birthday, we decided to go there!

The first day we went to the beach.

Jonathan loved it!  He played for 2 hours straight!

Daddy found a shark's tooth.

Abigail and Maw Maw collected LOTS of shells and later they made a necklace with them.

Daddy and Jonathan enjoyed playing in the sand.  Of course Jonathan has to STAND on his bucket of sand.  =)

Running along the water

The next day, we took Abigail to Chuck E. Cheese for her birthday.

She found a horse ride that she loved.  She rode it at least 15 times!  =)

Daddy had to even try it out!

Then we came home and celebrated more with Hello Kitty cupcakes!

Jonathan preferred a blueberry muffin.
(or should I say, Mommy preferred Jonathan to have a blueberry muffin)

Yummy cupcake!  =)

Then the last night, we went to the State Fair.  Abigail and Daddy rode an elephant!

Watching Abigail ride the elephant

They had so much fun riding rides!  =)

What a great trip!  We wished we could have stayed longer, but we had to come home and prepare for Hurricane Sandy.  =(

Graves Mountain Apple Orchard

Our camera died almost as soon as we got there, but at least we took a few pictures.  The kids had an awesome time!  The weather was beautiful!  =)

Cass Scenic Railroad State Park

Daddy took us on a trip to Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia.  He thought Abigail and Jonathan would like riding on a real "steamie"  =)

Eating poptarts before the train ride

We stayed in a 3 bedroom company house right above the tracks.

The kids enjoyed playing in the leaves before we went to get our train tickets.

Abigail showing us how many leaves she collected

The train depot where we got our tickets

They had trains that you could tour while we were waiting for our train to arrive.

Playing on the tracks while we were waiting

Don't worry...  there was plenty of time to move before the train arrived.

Going around a turn...  the scenery was GORGEOUS!

Jonathan fell asleep as soon as the train started moving.

We stopped and took a little break.  Abigail enjoyed running around.

When he woke up, he took his shoes AND socks off!

Daddy went a little too fast on the way home and Abigail got car sick!  =(

Sitting on the kitchen table

I turned around and he was sitting on the kitchen table, eating Fruit Loops out of the bag!  When I said "Jonathan, what are you doing?!"  He says "bite?" and offers me some Fruit Loops!  He scares me to death!!!!  We normally pull the chairs away from the table, but we accidentally left one up to it after breakfast!

Carter's Mountain Orchard

We went to Carter's Mountain for the first time today.

The views were amazing!

 Waiting in line with Jonathan for the hayride

Abigail, Kate, Maddox, Mommy, and Jonathan on the hayride

Abigail on the hayride

Going down the hill to find some apples to pick

Jonathan with his apple

Kate, Abigail, and Uncle Jim seeing how many "apples tall" they were

Abigail picking her apple

Not sure what kind of smile she is giving??

Aunt Allison and Jonathan

Jonathan trying to walk up the hill

Running around after our picnic lunch

"Come back to the blanket please"

He kept carrying this bag of trash around...

...and trying to give it to other people.

Laying on Daddy's back...  taking a rest after a long morning of apple picking.  So sweet!  =)