Our First Family Vacation

Our girls have been talking for years about renting a cabin in the mountains for a big family weekend vacation. A weekend of togetherness, for the Lichtenbergers, this will be a weekend to remember! Our worst nightmare at this point was getting caught in a sudden downpour, with 13 children ages 1-10, in a cabin, in the mountains, stuck in the middle of nowhere.

They finally set the date, July 10-12.
Once a farmer, always a farmer. There was hay to make that very weekend! We had the weathermen's promise that we would have a three day break from the rain. While Rob worked in his hay fields, I took a drive to see this cabin in the mountains. It was a gorgeous drive. I love Path Valley!

 

The cabin was charming. It was actually big enough that you really didn't notice that there were 13 children under foot...most of the time!

 I was supposed to take a picture of this little guy eating his snack, but I really wanted a picture of the goose egg on his forehead. The children had a contest going on that the parents didn't know anything about...I think they finally caught on after they ran out of bandaids. Each child was trying to see how many scrapes and bruises they could accumulate till the weekend was over. This little guy got his goose egg when his bike ran into the handle bars of another bike.

I couldn't stay the whole day so I went home to feed my calves. Rob and I went back over for supper. We took the scenic route. The mountains were just beautiful.

 

 

 

 

               These pictures were taken as we drove through the valley on Rt 75.

                                                                Timmons Mountain

 

We actually surprised most of them. They weren't aware that we were coming back. That was the beauty of only being 1/2 an hour away. Here are the chefs of the evening.

 

 

 

 

Six on the couch!! There is a new attraction at our family gatherings.

Everyone wanted to sit beside him!!

 

 I didn't take many pictures, I was waiting to add a few of Leahs here too, but that didn't happen.

Even though we didn't get to spend the whole weekend with the family, we enjoyed the time we had. Will we do it again next year? That is yet to be determined!!