Vacation in the Mountains

I am exhausted!  This past week we have been on the go!!  We left last Sunday for a short trip to Gatlinburg & Pigeon Forge, came home Thursday afternoon, then dropped the boys off with my Mom & Dad Friday morning and Justin and I headed to Louisville for my bestie's wedding!  We got back this afternoon and all I want to do is put this rear on the couch!  But...we had a BLAST!  I love weeks like this where so many memories are made.

Unfortunately for this photo-lovin' gal my Canon decided on the first day of our trip to start giving me errors.  Not only that, the stinker was showing me pictures on the screen as I was taking them, but when I downloaded they were stark white!  We aren't getting along too well right now for this very reason.   So, here are a few shots of the fun we had this past week that I caught on my iphone:

Jus, Chan, & I at The Ole Mill in Pigeon Forge

The boys with Nana & Baba before dinner

Chan hanging out with the fishes at Ripley's Aquarium

I love that he is all peeved in this one & the shark is totally coming right at him.

He would fit like a glove!  Creepy.

Petting the sting rays

My sweet boys on the Gatlinburg strip

Jus & Chan on top of Ole Smokey

We took Chan up on the Sky Lift, but opted to leave Liam down the mountain with Nana & Baba...he's just too crazy

Chan & Jus with just a few of the what seemed like millions of scarecrows in G'Burg right now

A shot of the mountains on our ride through Cades Cove.  We saw lots of deer, sadly no bears

Chan & Jus in front of the Dollywood train

Chan riding the elephants with Uncle Woody

My first little hatchling having a blast at Dollywood

Proof that we did in fact take Liam with us on this trip to Dollywood :)

We had a great time on our mini-vaca!  Chan didn't even want to come home and is still saying that he misses our cabin in the woods off Boogertown Road.

And we of course had a wonderful time celebrating my bestest friend Kristin & her new hubby Jarrod this weekend!  I have decided that it is time that I share my BFF of 25+ years now....but only because she picked a pretty fab fella.  I couldn't be happier for them!  So super proud to have been a part of their beautiful day!

Jus, Kris, & I before the wedding

Congratulations Kristin & Jarrod!  Love you two bunches and wish you the very best in your marriage, an abundance of blessings, and many, many, many happy years together!

"When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."

~Nora Ephron, from "When Harry Met Sally"~

Till next week friends!

Brittany :)