hikesgiving

we spent thanksgiving on a hike near charlottesville, va

on a trail called crabtree falls.  it was a beautiful day 

and we had a great time being outside and enjoying

each other.  brady's mom (nana), her friend paul (pauly),

and my mom (mimi) joined us.  pauly made a turkey

the day before so we made turkey sandwiches out of them

to enjoy at the top of the mountain and then went back

to nana's house for leftovers and pumpkin pie.  YUM!!

cailin wasn't too thrilled to get on my back in the backpack.

she would rather hold pauly's hand the whole way.

too bad that would have made the hike forever long.

she cried and whined for about 10 minutes and then

surrendered to being a monkey on my back.

here's cailin and i with mimi and nana.

she was over taking pictures and decided to hide

her face as soon as brade came over.  rude baby.

she rested her head on my neck most of the climb.

here we are enjoying our lunch.

 she brought this littlest pet shop "baby"

up with her and was obsessed with rolling her down

the  slope and then left "baby" up there.  we got 

to hear about it the whole way down.

"uh oh, baby go?  oh no, baby on mountain."

sweet little girl.

brady carried her down which was a good

decision because i fell.....twice.  not surprising for

anyone who knows me well.