Hungry Mother State Park

During the weekend of Ashlyn's (and my mom's!) birthday we drove up to Hungry Mother State Park in Virginia to spend a long weekend with my parents. We stayed in a cute little cabin (no tv or phone!) and had to get creative on ways to keep us entertained. We decided to try out this thing called "geo caching" and had a great time! You type in the coordinates of these hidden "caches" into your GPS and then go on a search to find them. We found 6 or 7 in the park itself and it became a contest to see who could spot it first. Anyway, it was something new to do and the girls loved searching for a "treasure". We also celebrated Ashlyn's birthday and my Mom's birthday while we were up there. What a great visit! Who knew that 4 days without a tv could actually be fun?!

Here is the cabin that we stayed in....very nice!

Our first Geo Cache! The girls were intrigued.

Looks official!

Ashlyn and Hannah happy with their treasure.

This was the main office for the state park....it also had a little museum in it.

On our way to find another geo cache...Hannah found her hiking buddy.

Ashlyn couldn't pass up a picture with Grandma and Pepaw

Pepaw shows Hannah something across the lake.

On the nature walk....Hannah couldn't keep up. :)

We found another one! This time in a hollow tree.....tricky!

Ashlyn and Hannah inspect the findings once again.

Grandma and Ashlyn at the top of the trail.

And here come Pepaw and Hannah! She picked a good hiking buddy!

Very happy that Pepaw is a sucker for his granddaughters!

Now it's Daddy's turn to show Hannah the lake....this time from much higher up!

The birthday girl!

The Tangled DVD!

Her new doll, Eva....so far she has been a hit!

We saved the best for last....a bike from Grandma and Pepaw!

Hannah found this horse at the play area and promptly named him "Macaroni and Cheese"

Trying out her new bike

I'm not really sure if she is my daughter....because I surely wouldn't be holding a hairy caterpillar!

Stephen at the spillway

Our cute kids :)

All day long Hannah had been saying she wanted to ride in a boat....we finally decided to take the whole family out on a paddle boat and she was a very happy girl!

Hannah and her crazy expressions!