Mountains, Fresh Air, and Family

Alan and I just spent a wonderful week with both sets of parents up in Asheville, NC at my parents' cabin. Alan's parents came in from Bogota, Colombia to both see us and to celebrate Alan's cousin's son's Bar Mitzvah in Atlanta, which was just this past weekend (also a blast). Asheville was beautiful as usual and we filled it with hiking, good food made by my mom, some ping pong games, some walks around the town, and just good old fashioned family fun and relaxation. Here are some pictures from our week up in the mountains.

The weather was much colder than Alan and I are used to in Ghana so we had to bundle up in all the layers we could find despite looking a little silly.



The next day got a little warmer so my dad and Alan's dad, Victor, decided to sport these hats instead for our hike.




Alan felt he could surely scare off any bears we might encounter with this big stick. We are happy to report we had no run-ins with the bears who patrol the mountain...just their poop.



We ate tons of apples all weekend fresh from the trees on our mountain.



Alan and my dad and his dad had a little ping pong match down in our basement. Alan proved he has some skills with the ping pong paddle and won all the games. I'm so proud!



The view from the top. Amazing scenery and crisp fresh air. It doesn't get better than this. If only we could bottle that air and bring it back to Ghana with us!





And a picture perfect finale as we drove away. Lots of good memories were made this weekend and we can't wait to all be there again.