Some pictures

I am still working on my vacation blog. LOL! Maybe I'll get it up soon. I also haven't edited any pictures from vacation either. Here is one of Aiden and one of Ean that I took awhile back. Connor hates having his picture taken, so its very hard to get a shot of him with his face in it.

Back from vacation

Here are some pictures from wadding in the river. My monitor seems to be off on the color/contrast...something. Haven't figured it out quite yet, but the pictures look different depending on where they are opened. I need to calibrate my monitor.We have been back from vacation for awhile , but I just haven't had a chance to blog. I really don't have time now, but the things I need to be doing...I just don't feel like doing.

We got to our camping cabin on Friday evening. The cabin was cute. It had a double bed, bunk beds, cable tv, refrigerator and a microwave. Outside it had a grill, picnic table and fire pit. We had to walk to the bathrooms, but they were really nice. Aiden wasn't real fond of having to walk to the bathroom. I wasn't to sure about it,but it turned out fine. That night we went out for dinner at a nice restaurant. The four adults and Ean sat at one table while the 5 boys sat at the other table. Aiden was tired from the long trip and didn't do so well.

Saturday we went to the outlets to shop. It was tax free weekend, so it was packed. I don't like crowds, so we went in one store and was done. Having a stroller and two kids walking through tons of people is never fun. Connor was so busy looking around that he walked right into a medal garbage can and ended up with a black eye. I think he ended up walking into a couple of things during the trip. He likes to watch people. After shopping we went back to our cabin for lunch and a quick nap. We met up with the Ostranders at Splash Country around 3 and spent a couple of hours. We bought 3 day passes to Splash Country and Dollywood because it was actually cheaper than buying two days.We all went back to our cabin and grilled for dinner.

On Sunday Israel got up and cooked bacon and eggs. I found a single burner really cheap at big lots. We packed a pot and a pan so we didn't have to eat out much at all. We headed to Dollywood around 10. We got the fast passes, so we didn't have to wait in the lines. With the kids being so small I only got to ride a couple of things. We went to see Zooboomafoo after lunch and it was quite entertaining. Because of our passes we had great seats about 3 rows back and in the middle. We spent the entire day at Dollywood and still didn't get to the kids stuff. Finally we decided to separate. The only thing Aiden had said he really wanted to do was ride the train. Adria and I got the little kids. Israel and Gary got the older kids so they could go ride some more roller coasters. When we got to the train we had missed the last run.

Monday we had planned on spending the entire day at Splash Country, but went back to Dollywood to ride the train and a few of the kids rides. We walked over to Splash country (where we parked so we didn't have to pay for parking twice) and had lunch in the car. The road was so hot it was melting mine and Israel's water shoes. LOL! At splash country I stayed with the little kids while Israel took Aiden down some water slides. Adria watched the boys long enough for me to go down one slide. We only got to spend a few hours at Splash Country because they closed at 6. We all headed to the cabin again for hot dogs and smores.That night we went to the Ostranders hotel to let the kids swim. There was a water slide, so Aiden and the big kids had a blast.
Side note: Aiden has such a strong personality. He loves meeting people and makes friends so easily. Here is an example. There were probably about 15 kids in line for the water slide at the hotel. All of a sudden they all started chanting Aiden, Aiden, Aiden. He's so crazy. We aren't sure why they were calling his name, but it was funny.

Tuesday we headed for home, but went through Gatlinburg and through the Smokey Mountain Park. We stopped and let everyone wade/swim in the river. I'll post some pictures later. The Ostranders had to book it back home, but we stopped and had a picnic lunch.

That was our trip. It was nice to get away, but we were sooo tired when we got home. Israel took Wed. off to recover. We plan to go back next year.