Fun with the Fam!

Saturday was my youngest daughter Clancy's eighteenth birthday. We spent the day with my oldest, Cassidy and my Grandson Cam. It is his first Halloween, and we wanted it to be special. We took him to have his picture made by Dana Cochran, a local photographer who is amazing! Then we went to Darnell Farms Pumpkin Patch located in Bryson City, North Carolina.

My Beautiful Daughters

Happy Eighteenth Birthday Clancy Eden Phillips!

What a treat! They not only had pumpkins, but fresh in season produce, perfect picture ops, a hayride, a corn maze, fire pit, swings, picnic tables and a spook house for older kids! A day well spent at the farm.

Then we headed to Stecoah Valley Center for the Fall Festival! Fun times, lots of food and amazing arts and crafts-music, dancing! Such a great day with beautiful fall weather. We are so blessed to live in this amazing place!

My Hope

Hope is wishing for something to come true.

Faith is belief that it will come true.

For every problem we face-God has a solution…

When we trust HIM and allow HIM to work in our lives

Happy Fall from the Hooper Bald!

Last Friday, our seventh graders and teachers took a trip to the Hooper Bald. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Hooper Bald-it is a grassy bald mountain located in the Nantahala National Forest. The summit is 5,429 feet! After parking in an area with picnic tables, garbage cans and port-a-johns (yea they were closed-thanks government!), there is a trail that is 0.5 miles to reach the top of the summit.

Even though this beautiful scenic and historical sight is located within our county, each year we find students who have never been to the Bald. We have taken it upon ourselves as educators to let our students experience the Bald each year in the fall.

A brief history lesson: In the early 1900’s, the Whiting Manufacturing Company of England purchased the large tract of property. George Moore, an advisor for Whiting established a game reserve. Around 1911 a 500 acre lot was enclosed by a split rail fence to enclose European wild hogs. They were transported to the Hooper Bald by an ox-drawn wagon.

This is a beautiful spot in Graham County especially this time of year!

Guess which teacher was "caught being good" this week!

Mrs. Phillips

Thanks to my students for sending me snacks and  notes of appreciation :)