Sunday, June 5, 2011

The Webers Take North Carolina
















Each year over Memorial Day weekend, The Webers pack up the car and head on down to the family cabin located in Lake Toxway, NC. D & J have been making the trek almost as long as they've been together and have created so many memories there. The birth of our children has ushered in a whole new era at the cabin. We're most definitely enjoying creating even more memories with the newest Weber generation. It may not be the glam and glitz of Manhattan, or have the mystique of some tropical island, but we call it our home away from home.

We had an extra special time this past Memorial Day as The Cabin played host not to D, J and The Dynamic Duo of Norah and Natalie, but to Grandma and Poppy as well!

Dan and his dad left in the middle of the week to open up the place, do a little fishing, and oversee the re-siding and roofing project that they had initiated. (The cabin was woefully in need of some repairs. See the before and after pics....) This left J at home alone with both girls for the first time. All in all, she did a great job as a 'single parent' for a few days.

J & Grandma then packed up the kiddos and headed out on a 'through the night' drive to the Blue Ridge Mountains (Driving through the night is MUCH easier to do with the kids at this age). The girls did a wonderful job in the car (especially seeing as how it rained to beat the band for the first 5 hours of the trip, and J was a nervous wreck behind the wheel). Two stops and a few diaper changes later, we arrived safe and sound at about 3 a.m.....to a cabin with no electricity!

The power went out at about 7 p.m. and, despite the assurance from both Dan and Poppy that they were, in fact, totally in the dark, the folks at the Haywood Electric Corporation just couldn't figure out why there was no power at our little hideaway in the mountains when their computer system said that there was. This confusion led to a delay in sending workers out, and power wasn't restored until 8 a.m. (All things move a little slower down in the mountains, you know).

It was all fun and games after that little obstacle was conquered.

We all had a great time; especially Ms. Norah. She got to collect rocks and take in the scenery on our mile hike in the mountains, got ewy-gooey sticky all over enjoying the lollipop that Daddy bought here that was as big as her head, had fun eating watermelon with Grandma & Poppy, caught her very first grasshopper and enjoyed her first campfire and S'mores! It was so great seeing her having such a good time, and we know that these are just the first few in what we hope to be a lifetime of memories at the cabin for our little girls.

All good things must come to an end, though, so the Webers packed up and headed back to civilization after our brief little getaway.

As a side note, most of you know that we lost our first 'child' this past April when our beloved boxer, Angus Argyle, passed away. Angus enjoyed the cabin as much as his human counterparts. He was always allowed to romp around off leash and accompanied us on many a hike and overnight camping trip. He was our little Mountain Dog. We found it only fitting to spread his ashes at the place that he truly adored. RIP, Bubba!

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