Fun at Aunt Joy's House

We spent the weekend with Greg's sister, Joy, at her home in NC. It was such a peaceful, relaxing weekend. (Well, as peaceful and relaxing as it gets with a 3-year old). The weather was perfect. It was so much cooler up in the mountains - a welcome change from the 90's we've experienced here in East Tennessee.

We left town on Friday at 3pm. We picked Luke up after school nap, which in hindsight was not the smart thing to do. The kid was well rested and did not want to sit in a car seat for 2-1/2 hours. And boy, did we hear about it! He whined and whined - "are we there yet?" Then about 90 minutes into the car ride, he says "I don't want to go to Aunt Joy's house. I want to go home." Oh good grief. I was working on a major headache. So we stopped and got kid some animal crackers and me a Starbucks Double Shot (yum)!





Finally! We are there! Luke was giving us the tour ... even though he's never been there before.






We made some really yummy dinners... and then enjoyed them outside under the tree...





Joy made a homemade Blueberry Buckle, which went perfectly with vanilla bean ice cream! So here's Luke eating his ice cream at 9:30pm ... also, in hindsight, not the best idea ... he was wired!



Luke slept on Aunt Joy's couch, which was the perfect size for him.




Luke playing with Joy's dog, Amber ...





On Saturday, we went for a hike up Roan Mtn.







He insisted on climbing every rock he saw. He is definitely all boy!!

When we took a walk up Joy's dead end street, we found the horses in the field.

Here's Luke caught in mid-run. He had so much energy. He was running circles around the rest of us. In fact, he ran so much that those crocs gave him a big blister on his foot!!

He loved chasing Amber...

He did not want his picture made here... oh well - I took it anyway!!

Aunt Joy gave us a lesson on how to throw pottery!

Then she let us each try our hand at the wheel...

Here are our creations...

Luke loved playing with the clay...

We each had our favorite parts of the weekend. Greg's favorite part was hiking Roan Mtn. (With a close second being the yummy dinners we fixed). My favorite part was throwing pottery with Joy. And when we asked Luke what his favorite part was, he said "Joy's dog." Good grief. Are we gonna have to get the kid a dog??

I took many more pictures this weekend. They weren't all of Luke. If you want to see the 'artsy' pics, visit my other blog here.