LOVE the Fall in Virginia!

Two Saturdays ago, we woke up to the PERFECT Virginia fall day. It was a little cool in the house, THIS was my view from bed (after I ran downstairs and got the camera...).

REALLY! THAT IS MY VIEW. EVERY DAY. I LOVE IT.

Actually, THIS if my view from bed. The above shot is when I got closer to the window and turned off the flash. Whatever.


Since our kids are AMAZING and sleep until after 8am on the weekends, Adam and I got up, enjoyed our coffee on the back deck (don't judge me, ok? no makeup yet and it was my first cup of the morning!). It was glorious.

We decided to take a little family hike for the morning at a local park- another joy of living so close to mountains- we drove about 3 miles and had access to GREAT hiking trails heading up a good-sized foothill of the Blue Ridge Mtns. We couldn't do THAT in Ohio, Florida, or South Carolina...
We probably hiked a total of 2.5 miles (?ish). Mitchell was in the jogging stroller for part of it, Ainsley's little legs got so tired and I was piggy-backing her by the end, but they all did GREAT overall!


Ainsley found a cute little walking stick that she loved, although she never actually used it correctly, she looked good with it! Agreed?

Elise (NOT surprising to anyone, of course!) was a total adventurist! She kept running ahead and exploring for us.

We kept following markers for the "Old Giant Oak Trail" or something like that... figuring it gave us something to look forward to, right? take some cool pics by a huge Oak tree. I'd read somewhere that it's a record of some type? largest in the Region? Oldest in VA? something special...



Well, 30 minutes of doing that and we found the OLD GIANT OAK... laying (lying!?) on it's side where it's, apparently, been for YEARS. awesome. I guess it never said, "Old Giant ALIVE Oak" tree.

It was great to climb onto it and play some, though. At least for me. I've always had a thing for climbing around in the woods... Elise loved it, Ainsley was ok with it for about 35 seconds... just long enough for Adam to snap one cute picture of the Moseley Girls. =)

Happy.