Gatlinburg/ Grandma & Grandpa

Drew and I celebrated our 5th Anniversary this year and were finally able to get away to celebrate a couple of weeks ago. We took off the entire week and spent Monday and part of Tuesday getting some things done around home and then headed to Jasper. Thursday morning Drew and I headed to Gatlinburg leaving Emma in Vince and Linda's care. We all have a really great time and it was a much needed vacation.

Emma had a blast with Grandma and Grandpa. She got to help grandma make apple sauce, pie filling, juice and homemade noodles. Linda also took Emma trick or trunking at one of the local churches with Becky and the kids. It did not seam like she missed us at all but she was definitely glad to see us when we got back on Sunday. When Emma was asked if she wanted to stay with Grandma and Grandpa again some time she immediately said yes.


Emma thought that Grandpa looked better in her pirates hat

The drive to Gatlinburg on Thursday was pretty horrendous because it rained the entire way down. I cannot count the number of times that we hydroplaned on the way down. Thankfully the rest our time there was great. Friday we went out to eat at the Bubba Gump Shimp Factory (Forest Gump) and then walked around downtown doing a little shopping and just site seeing. We ended up meeting up with Margie and Steve and their kids while we were walking around. Go all that way just to see your relatives. Saturday we went to the Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort and spent the day playing around up there.

Above is a picture of the cabin that we stayed in and below is the view we had from the balcony of the cabin.
Going up the chair lift at Ober Galinburg.
A picture from the top of Mt Harrison. Elevation 3590 ft. You can see how small the town of Gatlinburg looks from that height.
A picture of the Alpine Slides. These were a blast to go down and it was nice that you could control your speed. We wend down them twice. The second time down we tried to race each other going as fast as we could but Drew got stuck behind someone going pretty slow.

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Happy Birthday Mom

Mom celebrated her 55th birthday yesterday. Drew picked up a couple of extra shifts at work this weekend so Emma and I decided to head to Jasper and surprise mom for her birthday. We left about 7am Saturday morning which got us there about 10am and mom was definitely surprised when we pulled into the driveway. Dad knew that we were coming.

Saturday the Hartings family had a party to celebrate Bryce's 1st birthday and just to get together. Emma and I had made a cake for mom's birthday so we took it with us to the party.
All of the kids had fun running around and playing together. They even got to decorate some pumpkins. Barbara and the kids came down and it was good to see them as well. It did not work for us to go to Kaden's birthday party last weekend so this was a good substitute.

Trying to get the girls to bed Saturday night was a difficult task as always. They both want to sleep in grandma and grandpa's room but will not just lay down and go to sleep. We ended up having to separate them just like we always have in the past. Maybe one day.

Sunday Dubois had their Church picnic so after Church we ate there and played around a little before heading back to mom and dad's for nap time. Barbara and I did not know that they had moved church up half and hour, normally it is a 10am and not 9:30 so at 9:00 we are rushing around trying to get 3 adults and 3 children ready for church. Dad was the only one that was already ready. Needless to say we were a little late for church.

Emma let mom put her hair up for the party Saturday. To bad that it did not last long after we got there. I'm going to have to cut her bangs or something if I cannot figure out how to keep them out of her eyes.

Playing at the Elementary School play ground during the church shoot.




It really was a great weekend for visiting family.