I am currently sitting in a waiting room at the hospital while Chris is in surgery for his knee.  I still don't know what they found or if his ACL does need to be replaced or not.  A second MRI showed it probably was not torn or torn completely but was still "abnormal".  No more details other than "abnormal".  So the surgeon was prepared to replace it, but we are still praying he might go in and find it is healthy or good enough to still function properly.

So, no news there but while I am waiting I will keep updating from our travels.  After our fun day at Thomas the Train we had a couple more days in the mountains with Chris' family and had a good time. We stayed in an amazing little condo/cabin the mountains near Boone, NC and had fun exploring the area.  We had one rainy, cold day.  To everyone's great disappointment, we showed up at the indoor pool with everyone in their swimsuits to find it was closed for repairs.  But then a nice man directed us to a YMCA down the road with a nice indoor pool with fountains and a slide, so the day was saved.

Fun family shot

Our view from the cabin porch.

Lucy loves swings!  She laughed and smiled the whole time.

We went to a beautiful park in Valle Crucis with a playground, play cabins, a big field and beautiful creek.

We are loving being out in nature and seeing beauty...even Bennett, normally our most indoorsy child, enjoyed exploring.

My cute little men.

The next 3 pictures are the inevitable progression of what Bennett would do in a creek...starting with taking his pants off...

Ooh, this is fun getting wet in my underwear.

Until he fell in the water and got completely wet, which he did not like.  Waah.

Soon followed by Austin falling in and getting soaked, though he was trying to smile through it. 

Our last morning we woke up to fog and clouds on the mountain but the peaks peeking through...it was so beautiful and restorative to the soul after big city smog and grime.