Father's Day recap

I decided to make plans for Alan to take Madison and Wilma hiking in the mountains. We haven't been in years and Wilma hasn't really gotten to play in water since before her accident. We started the morning by getting breakfast at a local place that we had not been to but I had heard good things about. It's a French inspired restaurant and it was yummy! We will definitely go back! We left there and headed to Graveyard Fields, which is in Pisgah National Forest. We stopped by Subway and got subs to take up to eat before going out.

 Madison hanging out in the back pack

 

 Watching Wilma play

 

 

She started getting fussy and this rock did the trick!

Wilma was so funny. We would throw a rock the size of the one Madison is holding in the

picture above and she would bring back these huge rocks

Alan throwing rocks for Wilma

Still playing with rocks

Mommy/daughter picture.

 

It started raining and Madison was crying because she had gotten tired and the rain was cold. 

I looked at her on the way out(we were high tailing it!) and her nose had been scratched :( 

We thought it may have been by the rock she was holding but....

..on the way home the scratches on her cheek popped up. I think she got swiped by a branch :(  

She's a tough cookie though!

Here it is this morning.. Looks much better after putting neosporin on it before bed last night.

We stopped by downtown Hendersonville to walk around and get some ice cream before heading home. The city is so dog friendly that some of the stores leave out water bowls for the dogs.

I think this was a much needed trip for all of us! Wilma hasn't much budged since getting home last night and it's always nice for us to get away to the mountains. Alan said he had a great day. I just wish it didn't rain so we could have hung out a bit more but at least we were able to be there a couple of hours. Happy Father's Day to Alan. He's the best daddy in the world and Madison is so lucky to have him! I am so lucky that he shows our little girl what love is and how a man should treat a lady. He's such a hands on dad and I am so grateful for that. We love you babe!

Madi's first Christmas tree adventure

Every year we go to Linville, NC to a tree farm and pick out our Christmas tree. This year we were excited to start Madison's first tradition with her! It is very important for us to make lots of memories for her, even now, even though she won't remember. We decided to make it a day trip since we weren't too keen on taking Wilma in the car with Madison just yet, since Wilma's leg is still healing. We didn't want her taking a fall in the car since our attention would be split between her and Madison. We left around 10, stopped by our traditional place to get breakfast, got to Linville and found a new farm since our regular farm was pretty bare. We found our tree pretty quick and flagged someone to cut it and take it down. We picked out our wreath, paid and were on our way! We decided to go into Blowing Rock and walk downtown. After getting Wilma a new collar and toy, some fudge, cupcakes, candy apple and lemonade, we left and went and had lunch in Boone at this local Mexican place. We then headed back home! Here are the pictures throughout the day:

 Here we are putting our layers on before getting out of the car

 Here we are in front of our tree (the center one)

Hanging out

 Us before heading back down to wait on them to bring our tree.. It was windy!

  Alan and Madi in blowing Rock

Little cutie

Our tree during the day.

and at night..