If you've never been to Pidgeon Forge or the Smokey mountains you MUST go. The views are amazing! I could have spent all day just sitting on the balcony. Just amazing.
This was the front door to the cabin that half the family stayed in.
Of course we had LOTS of fun on the 10 hour drive. It should have only taken about 8 but with 3 little people you have to stop a lot and let them stretch.
Since we went at Thanksgiving, they had the cabin decorated for Christmas. The kids LOVED this!
And while we were there we celebrated Christmas too. Here is Viv opening one of her presents.
We also went to Ripley's aquarium. Where we took this picture which ended up as our Christmas card picture. We are all decked out in Purdue and having fun!
The boys loved the aquarium. They ran and played and explored everything.
Like this Shark's jaw
3 of the 4 generations that were with us. Vivian, her Great-Grandpa Spieth and her grandpa Stevens.
The boys got to go with Jason to the Bush's bean factory. They had so much fun.
But Viv and I had to stay home from the factory because the poor thing was sick. She either got the tummy flu or I think it was more likely the water didn't agree with her. The poor thing was sick the majority of the time we were there. So she slept most of the way home.
All in all it was a GREAT first family vacation. Next time we will try to skip the tummy troubles but we had lots of fun and made lots of memories. My favorite (although I don't have a picture) is the hot tub on the balcony of our cabin. We could literally walk out of our bedroom and get into the hot tub. This is especially fun at night. We would put the kids to bed and go out and enjoy the cool crisp air while we soaked and talked about life. What a great time!
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