Vacations are never long enough!!

The two kiddos after hiking up Roan Mtn.

 Good to see Ranger Sam, whom I have known since my first year at Rocky Mountain National Park.

 Visiting Mat's old boss from the Parkway. I feel like we met his daughter before she could even drive and now she's a college!

 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

 Watching the ball drop at Auntie Sara's. Brie almost made it to midnight.

 The first brunch of 2016 before we left Asheville to go to Virginia.

 In t-shirts after eating ice cream on a lovely January day!

 Running and playing with friends.

Practicing their black smithing skills.

We had an lovely time in Asheville over the holidays. We saw some good friends and missed out on seeing others. There never seems to be enough time to fit everything in.  But we were successful in hiking up to the grassy balds that make up a portion of the Roan Highlands.  Pictures will come at a later date of that beautiful spring-like day at the end of September.

Now we have returned home to winter. Today's high was 15 degrees! Now we just need lots of snow to do some skiing in.