Robert’s parents recently bought a house in Highlands, NC and we all had the chance to go up there last weekend.  What fun!  We didn’t leave until after work on Friday so the 4.5 hour drive in the blinding rain at night wasn’t so fun, but we made it.  We were happy to be there to see most of Robert’s family, check out the new house and explore the mountains.

One of the reasons we went last weekend was to see the little Christmas parade through town.  Maxwell and Spencer were real excited, can’t you tell?

ha!  Despite those faces, they were excited and it was a cute little small town parade complete with camels, trucks of all kinds, and even some grown men dressed as some pretty fancy tooth fairies!

and who was at the end of the parade?  The jolly man himself, of course!

That brought out some good smiles from our crew!

After the parade we grabbed some food in town and I got to eat lunch with these sweet girls…

these cute guys…

and this silly boy!

Lots of cousin fun!

After lunch, Lulu stayed home with Spencer so he could get a nap and the rest of us got some golf carts to explore the golf course inside the house’s gated subdivision.  It was cold but beautiful!

Our favorite part was this awesome waterfall!  not to mention that awesome house at the top!

Of course we all had to get out and take pictures in front of it!  🙂

Love this pic but too bad you can’t really see the waterfall!

This is better!

That night we all stayed warm and cozy inside the house and let the cousins play.  We headed out around lunch on Sunday and made the 4.5 hour trip back pretty easily despite the blinding rain yet again.  It was a super fun weekend and we can’t wait to do it again!  Thanks again Lulu and Granddaddy!