Driving Around and CHOCOLATE

After we went to Dry Falls, we drove on to Highlands. We did not stop anywhere in Highlands except for a gas station to get a drink, but then drove back to Franklin to go to the chocolate shop. The kids were absolutely exhausted on the way back.Aidan fell asleep and has not taken a nap..,.. well... in a few YEARS without his medication! I kept checking on him to make sure that he was okay. Here are a few pictures that I wanted to share!

JohnAlex was SO tired!!!

I think she thought she was being sneaky!

Lillian looking out the window. I think this picture is really cute!

This is the CHOCOLATE SHOP!!!!!! I cannot come to Franklin without going to this place. Highly recommend it! ALL homemade!!!

And now on to the next post! These are taking longer than I thought they would

Dry Falls

By the time we got to Dry Falls, Lillian was determined she was NOT going to see a waterfall. The Cullasaja Falls with the noise really scared her. It took a phone call from my mom talking her into it to convince her to get out of the car. My mom told her she wanted a picture and she had to walk down to take it.

By the time we got to Dry Falls, Lillian's fatigue and arthritis had set in. I carried her all of the way down and all of the way back up at Dry Falls. Down, she was super nervous and did not get down the entire time! On the way back up, she tried to walk for a bit but it only lasted around 5 minutes before she began limping. I didn't mind carrying her though so she could see the falls! We got TONS of great pictures there!!!

This is the view from the top. This is the distance that we walked down to the falls

Lillian with her Daddy

She NEVER makes silly faces like this!!! I have no idea what she was doing. lol I love this picture just because she IS doing it and acting silly! We need more silly days like this!

This is behind Dry Falls. It gets its' name from the fact that you remain DRY while behind it! Lillian was less than thrilled behind the falls, but the boys just loved it!

On the walk down

On the walk down to the Falls ... no one would look at the camera!

I just love this picture of Lillian!!! I may share in the upcoming days variations of it and edited versions of it and another one that I really like of her from this trip!

We highly recommend seeing Dry Falls and the walk down (which is NOT a hard walk at all) if you are in the area of Franklin or Highlands, NC. We had a wonderful time with lots of great pics!

Katie's Falls and Cullasaja Falls

After the reunion, we went on the road to visit some waterfalls! The first one was Katie's Falls. This waterfall was named after Trey's great aunt Kate by her father. Only Trey got out at this one but we could see it from the car easily. There is nowhere to really pull off of the road here and get out. It is one of the smaller falls that we saw.

Katie's Falls. It is not as easily seen right now because of trees in the way.

Trey had the BRIGHT IDEA to walk down to this waterfall. I got out and looked to see how to get down and decided there was NO WAY I was walking to this one with 3 kids. To get to it, you have to go over the guardrails on the side of the road, then down a steep hill with NO path to direct which way to go. So we did NOT go down to this waterfall, but this was the view from the road!

Be prepared: the next fall we visited, Dry Falls... well we took LOTS of pictures!!!!!

Playing in the Cemetary and Moore Reunion

We traveled to Franklin, NC on July 15th for the Moore Reunion which was held on July the 17th. We were not at the Moore Reunion long as everyone in our family was excited to just eat and go to look at the waterfalls. I don't think ANY of our kids realized you usually have to WALK to the waterfalls, but more on that later!
The Moore Reunion.... the kids' favorite thing to do??? Playing in the CEMETARY!!! hahaha Of all things to do, they enjoyed that the most.
Here are some pictures from the reunion:

He was taking a rest on a nearby tombstone at Elijay Baptist Church

They played a beanbag game right next to the cemetary. This is Lillian after trying to play the game.

There were two boys there close to Aidan's age... the other 3 are mine!

Trey thought they were nuts! Beside of him is his mom Phoebe

Beautiful stained glass window at Elijay Baptist Church: Franklin,NC

I will be posting a different post for each thing that we did. It is less confusing that way. Lillian and the boys did fairly well at the reunion. No one really ate that much, but they did eat something! Lots of stimulation for them that they were not used to!

Now on to the next leg of our trip!