Deep Creek Lake

We went on our mini vacation to Deep Creek Lake Maryland again this year.  We drove up to Maryland on a Thursday and stayed until Sunday.

Our good friends The Betterelli's went with us.

We got an early start on the road on Thursday.

We couldn't check into "The Birds Nest" our little house until 4:00, so we stopped at Swallow Falls to hike down to the falls.  We put the kids swim suits on under their clothes so that they could swim.

Jaylee and Russ and the kids at the top of the falls.

It was so pretty.  It had bridges, and really pretty walk ways.

The kids climbed around on the rocks and swam under the falls.

The water was pretty shallow, it came up to their chests.  We just had them wear their water shoes so that the rocks wouldn't hurt their feet.

Sawyer enjoyed his first hike with us.  He loved riding on my back in the back carrier, he loved it so much that he fell asleep.

Russ adjusted the rain hood so that it would support his head a little better.

On Friday we woke up and it was an over cast, drizzly day.

We hung out and relaxed around the house and then decided to take the kids to the arcade where they could also do mini golf and go karts.

Fun at the arcade!

Mini Golf

We drove the big Go Karts and the kids rode with us, but they also had a little kid track where they could drive these little go karts.

Jaylee and Riley loved the Go Karts.  Marshall was too nervous to try driving one, but he loved riding along with Daddy!

Then we headed back to the house and relaxed in the hot tub for a bit while Russ grilled us up some steaks and corn on the cob!

After dinner Russ made us a camp fire so the kids could roast marshmallows.

Jaylee and Riley relaxing by the fire side

My little fire bug

Sawyer munching on a marshmallow

Me and Sawyer

BUSTED!!  He made a big mess and he was so proud :)

Saturday wasn't as rainy as the day before, but it was pretty chilly outside.  It was too cold to head to the beach so we spent the day at Wisp resort where we could ride the mountain coaster.  Jaylee and Riley also did the Chipmunk zip line course for kids.

They loved the zip line course!  They did it twice.

My camera battery died on me, so my friend Coby took these pictures of the kids.

Since Marshall was too nervous to try to zip line we let him sift a bag of dirt and he found all sorts of really neat gems and rocks.

He loved doing this!!  Again sorry for the poor quality pictures I took them on my phone.

Our last day on Sunday was perfect!  It was sunny and hot so it was the perfect day to go to the beach

This was Sawyer's first time at the beach.  He loved it.  He was so funny.  He kept pushing his hands through the sand and then he would stare at his hands.

Marshall loved playing in the sand and swimming in the lake.

Sawyer wasn't too sure about the water because it was a little cold.

He would crawl down to the water and then he would cry when the water touched him.

The girls were like little fishes

Gotta love sandy baby feet!

We had such a great time!  We were so thankful that the last day was finally warm and sunny enough to spend time on the beach.  We are very lucky to have such great friends to do this trip with.

Peace and love.....