Mother's Day 2013

This year as a combo birthday / Mother's Day / we need time away we packed up and headed to Ellijay, Georgia to stay in a cabin and enjoy the BEAUTIFUL north Georgia mountains.  First exciting part - the cabin was super reasonable!  Second exciting part - the cabin was amazingly nice!  It had 2 master suites with full bathrooms, a giant bunk bed room with 3 sets of bunk beds, a theater room with a Wii and surround sound, hot tub, sauna, gorgeous decks complete with lots of great seating (including a swing the size of a twin size bed with tons of pillows - my favorite!), and a fabulous view.  I would have been happy to just not leave the cabin all weekend, but we did venture out Saturday to an orchard that allows you to pick your own fruit. Strawberries are in season, so we loaded up on strawberries (literally the best strawberries I have ever eaten) and then cruised out to a waterfall nearby.  After those excursions we headed back to our home away from home and cooked steaks and ate out on the porch.  What a perfect weekend and perfect time with my family, especially nice to hit the pause button for a bit and enjoy this time when our girls are little and have time as a family without running here or there.  This spot is definitely on my "must go back" list.  I'm thinking it is ON sometime this fall! :)

Picking strawberries with daddy - they did GOOD!

Top of the falls, a bit windy. :)

The cabin had a path down to a fire pit that overlooked this amazing view!  Oh yes, big plans for when it gets cooler.

 We stopped in Chattanooga on the way home for lunch and to let the kids run around some.  Here is me and SK in front of the aquarium.