Susanna, Sam and Evelyn Christmas 2018

Cousins make everything more fun. And what could be more fun than a giant cardboard box?!

Tennessee Vacation

We spent last week in Tennessee with my family. We left Sunday and flew to Sevierville, where we stayed until Saturday with two grandparents, four children, three in-laws, a friend and eight grandchildren. We visited Dollywood, Dollywood Splash Country, Cades Cove, lots of restaurants, Wal-Mart (which would have been better left undone, in my opinion), the urgent care center (never fear, all is well, but it was to be expected with that many children), an indoor miniature golf and arcade center, the pool and some beautiful streams and camping sites.

Unfortunately, we weren't able to take our good camera with us, but here are a few shots.

Eli and Rae meeting Brer Rabbit

Luke and David exploring the stream

Eli didn't want to be left out, but he needed a little help.

Eli and Daddy taking a rest

Luke and David joined them On the never-ending trail at Cades Cove

We made lots of good memories and had a good time. Oh, and Judah? He got lots of a great bonding time with Grandma Clair. And, I got to change his diaper on the plane to Tennessee and on the way home as well.

A Fun Day With Cousins

While we were in Georgia we got to spend a day and a night at Kate's. She was so generous in giving up her space and peace, beds, lots of food, and an enormous amount of diapers and wipes, since I didn't realize until after being there for a while that Eli had a stomach bug. Thankfully, it was only in the form of an upset tummy with no vomiting involved and no one else got it. (Except Grandma. Sorry!) Whew, I would have felt like a terrible person if I had gotten her kids sick after using all her diapers.

I tried to get some nice pictures of her kids, but we didn't get as much time as I would have liked. We needed four more pairs of hands for it to happen, but what I did get was great.

I couldn't resist this picture since it reminded me that David and Luke both loved peeing outside all day! What boys!
I have no idea what they're looking at, but they're mesmerized.
David showing off his skills on his skateboard.

Unfortunately, all I could get from David were silly faces and fake smiles. But he's still so cute!

Rae was more than happy to cheese it up for me!