Wrapping up the trip in the mountains

After a brief stopover at the house in Charlotte, we headed for Darin's family's home in Lake Lure, North Carolina. This has become an annual trip for us, and we were blessed to have a good number of our cousins join us this year. We filled our days with teaching Casey and Beau to ski, along with Courtney, Matthew, Nicolas and even Aunt Dawn! All the kids enjoyed getting pulled on the tube by a ruthless Uncle Darin. One of our best days was playing on the beach with everyone - at least until the rain came! As usual, Aunt Lisa helped keep us well fed and all the adults enjoyed games of Scrabble and golf cart rides. Carlie had her first swimming pool dip, and loved it. Of course, the week ended way too soon and we headed back to Charlotte...and REALITY???