Asheboro Zoo

We left Boone Saturday morning and headed to the NC Zoo in Asheboro. It is on the way home and was about 2 1/2 hours away. We got there at lunch and turned out to be a beautiful day. We saw lots of animals and got lots of exercise pushing the girls around this big zoo.

There were very little people there, and the animals were all out and about!

We talked about what to do if you see a bear while we were hiking in the mountains, Maya raised her arms high when she saw this bear!

These elk were huge!

They have a great playground that the kids loved. It was like Honey, I Shrunk the Kids!

Maya Ellis 2 1/2

Maya loved the giraffe! We had a wonderful time together!

Christmas Vacation in Boone

We took off on New Years Eve for Boone. It was a six hour drive, definitely not the best 6 hours of the week! We watched the temperature drop from 65 in Wilmington to 36 in Boone. We were happy to be there and hand out with the Wards. This is the log cabin we stayed in.

The next morning Tony and Tony Ward got up and went skiing. I took the girls ice skating at Sugar Mountain. We had a great time together. Sorry I didn't get pictures of me on the ice, but I didn't trust the girls to hold my camera. I did pretty well considering I haven't been on the ice in 15 years.

The Brigman's at the bottom of Sugar Mnt. Mckenna and Morgan are really good ice skaters.

We had lots of fun even in the 30 degree conditions!

Friday morning we woke up to snow! The kids were so excited. They played and of course got soaked before our tubing outing. At the top of Hawks Nest Tubing Hill Maya had a blast! She said "Slide again Daddy"

McKenna and Morgan did it all by themselves. You slide down and then get on this "magic carpet" that pulls you back up the hill.

We did some hiking around the mountain. The girls loved the creek. We took some great pictures on Tony's phone, but I don't have them to download. We had a great time together! Thanks to the Wards for sharing their beautiful home with us.