Country Girls...

This past week the girls and I took a trip to Henderson, North Carolina, to visit Aunt Vallie and Uncle Jeddie. It was a beautiful Fall day, high of 76, the perfect day to visit the goats and hound dogs, roam the pasture, and test out rocks and sticks in the pond. It was so much fun. We had all afternoon for the girls to plop down in the grass to pick "grains of wheat" (see picture) and pick up hickory nuts, acorns, and pine combs of all shapes and sizes. Aunt Vallie has a little cocker spaniel, Maggie, and Mary Claire enjoyed getting her to play too. Meanwhile, Elle (the adverturous girl that she is) decided to get a little too close to the pond and ended up ankle deep in water. Both girls got to climb the still hunting fort (what in the world is that called, anyway?) which was very high up in a tree and very exciting as well. Finally, after an afternoon in the sunshine we headed inside where Aunt Vallie fed the girls a little snack of Cheetos and Sweet Tea. Ahhhhh.....the Southern life.