We're back...did you miss us?

We went to the Smokey Mountains for a family vacation.  It was so much fun and nice to get away.  Dan's parents rented a cabin for us to stay in and the kids had a blast playing together for an entire long weekend.  The view was wonderful from the back deck and it was so nice to see so many stars out at night.   The four kids eating doughnuts on the back deck after dinner.  Perfect number of rocking chairs for the kids! We went to Gatlinburg, TN on Saturday.  We walked around and had fun looking at everything.  Dan was able to hold this parrot and Ethan loved the "bibo".   Stopping to smell the roses.  There were roses here of every color imaginable.  I wish that we had roses like this in our yard.  How pretty! Taking some down time from all the exploring.  We were reading stories before bed.  Clark and Ethan had a blast together.  They play like best friends and fight like brothers, it was fun to watch.  Ethan learned to say Clark's name really quickly and Clark was always looking for Ethan. We went on a hike and ended up at a waterfall.  Ethan was scared of the waterfall but loved this little pool of water between the rocks.  It was freezing cold though, and I had to hold him up so he wouldn't fall in. The family at the waterfall.  Ethan was great and stayed in his stroller the entire walk.  So I didn't have to have any panic attacks of him falling off a cliff. Eve and Ethan taking a snack break on our walk.  Eve was a great help with the little boys! The entire family.  Matt, Bianca, Opa, Clark, Dean (in stroller), Oma, Eve, Marla, Dan, and Ethan in the other stroller.   Going on our hike! Opa and Oma gave the grandkids trophies for being the best Grandkids out there.  They filled them with sour gummy worms and the kids loved them!  Thanks Oma and Opa! Dan saw this Dinosaur at the Disney Store.  He instantly had to have it! Then he showed it to Ethan and it was love at first sight!  Ethan loves this guy and keeps saying "big dinosaur".  

We had a great trip and it's so hard to believe that it went by so quickly.  Now, we are just waiting for July 8th for our Disney adventure and beach trip!  But, lets hope the summer doesn't go by that quickly.  I go back to work on Aug. 4th.  

*** oh and to see the pictures larger, all you have to do is click on a picture.  Just in case you didn't know that!