Beautiful Weekend

I really needed a great weekend at the lake and, as usual, it delivered. The kids had me a little down and it was my mom's anniversary both of which were making me pretty unhappy. A nice bottle of wine, flowers, and chocolate raspberry sticks from Trader Joes all helped as well.

Evidently fall has come to the lake and I'm amazed at the temperature difference. It feels like most of the day the temperature struggles to get out of the 60s. I love getting out of the truck and immediately rifling through my bag for a sweatshirt and pants.

Saturday morning we headed over to a state park for what ended up to be a fantastic hike. The last time we took this hike I had to carry Luke the entire time because he wasn't walking last summer. This time he took the trail by storm and was right on Grace's heels the whole time. Grace was insane too. She rocketed herself up the trail and stopped to look at so many amazing things I never would have spotted. Luke needed a little help at the end but was then revived by the snake I heard slithering by. It was a little guy and it quickly (and smartly) headed for the brush.

There's also llamas at this park. How did the llamas end up in NE Pennsylvania? Apparently the park administrator got them in the divorce. This still does not answer my question. . .Llamas--NE PA--how did they get there????

Here are some pictures from the weekend:

This is what the sky looked like Friday night
Here's my coy girl
Luke on his big hike!
Now tell me--is this not the freakiest and angriest llama you've ever seen????? Click on it and make it BIGGER!
Thanks Tom for encouraging the tongue sticking out. . .