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The Townsends' Day at Hillridge Farm

You may not realize that we live in Wake Forest. NO, this is not where Wake Forest University is located - that's Winston-Salem. While Wake Forest is part of Wake County, just as Raleigh is, it isn't actually part of Raleigh. The town of WF might be called "quaint" by those living in Raleigh, or it might be called something else (not so nice?) by someone who hasn't been here in a while, particularly someone ITB (that's Inside the Beltline for you non-Raleigh folks). We who live in WF would consider the town of Youngsville, which lies just north of us, to be quaint as compared to our booming metropolis. And in Youngsville, the crown jewel is a place called Hillridge Farms. For those of you in Louisville, it's like Huber's on a small scale and without the restaurant. We took our 2nd annual family trip to Hillridge last weekend and fun was had by all!

Our friend Mark was there with his family and took this photo for us just as the boys were heading up the hill to ride the giant slide. Landy made me stay with the stroller and my bag. Actually, I remembered from last year the sore tailbone I had from the slide so I decided to take one for the team and sit this one out.

Joy!!!

John has his own train there! We're kind of a big deal here in NC.

Just watching my brother in the maze!

My pumpkins picked their pumpkins...

No, I'm sorry... We can't stay all day long!

We saw the giant catfish in the lake, rode the train, went on a hayride, picked pumpkins, navigated a maze, checked out a fort, and dried some tears when it was time to go! What a wonderful fall day with all of my boys... I'm so grateful!

Oh, and Hillridge Farms... get ready. We're bringing our kids and our nephews back with us in a couple of weeks!!!