a few weeks ago, the tomko fam came together for a little mini family vacation.  for almost every year of my life, family vacation has been:  the 28th week of the year, in kill devil hills, milepost 7.5, at the golden strand condos with the grandparents and cousins.  but this year i’ll be just getting back to work from maternity leave and won’t be able to make it to the beach.  so some sort of family togetherness time was called for, and a long weekend in the mountains was just what we needed.

and it just so happens that we live in the mountains!  it was so nice to go on “vacation” and only have to drive about 40 minutes.  our cabin was in beautiful giles county on walker creek.

friday night we just hung out, had homemade tacos for dinner, and played some ping pong, kinect, and mexican train dominoes

 

on saturday, we packed up a picnic lunch and headed to the cascades for a hike (jonah’s first!!)

even though the trail is in shade, jonah and i got pretty hot since i was wearing him.  but he was such a trooper, and we were all rewarded once we got to the top and got to cool off at the falls.

with her trusty walking pole, a cool bandana, and an olympic-like attitude, even momma tomko made it to the top!

i don’t have any pictures of it, but we ate dinner at the Palisades on saturday night – an amazing old hardware store turned restaurant in the middle of nowhere.  yet without our reservations, we would’ve never gotten a table.  the food is fabulous and i know it was the perfect reward for hiking 4 miles.

on sunday morning after breakfast, ross, dad, and i took a walk down the road our cabin was on.  then we had a little praise and worship jam session and a family devotion back at the house before settling back into some more dominoes.

jonah sure got loved on by everyone.  aside from feeding him, i barely got to hold the kid all weekend!

the long weekend was over way too soon, so hopefully we can have a repeat really soon.