Spring Break 2009 - Family Style

We went back to Tennessee. We stayed in Wears Valley. From Pigeon Forge it is approx 10 miles west. Then about 1 mile of roads that turn every which way. Straight up and then straight down. I hate that part of it, but will do it every year just to get to stay here. I love the cabin and love being with my family and best friends. I am looking forward to the time that my brother and his children can join us. Hopefully next year............... Hope you enjoy my photos.

The fog was rolling in, but if you look towards the left side of this photo you will see the cabins. The small photo that you can see, is the cabin that we stay in. It is called Copper Top and it is amazing. I still want to crap my pants when we drive up to the top. I am always so afraid. But I was able to keep my eyes open the third trip up. I was holding Laurens hand.This is a photo of the new pool house that was added in January. It was really very nice. I can't believe how they can build this stuff on the side of a mountain...... Crazy....... At one point there were 16 of us there. It was the Norman, Lori, Lindsey, Leah, Lauren and their German, Rani, Dad, Mom, John, Kelly, David, Jamie, Alisha, Austin, Kevin and I. It was great to get away.

We went to the Ripley's Aquarium and I became a part of a waterglobe. This was a lot of fun and we got to see a bunch of really cool fish. I was glad that John suggested going there. If you look close you can see the Seahorses in this aquarium. Lauren and I got to touch a stingray. That was really cool to.

Having a bathtub big enough to lay in with your bestest friend in the whole wide world is awesome. Kelly's husband John decided the fastest way to get us out, was to turn on the water.

It is really nice to have a living room large enough to have areas for everyone to have room to sit and talk. Lauren, Lindsey, Leah and Rani are looking up something on the computer and Norman, Kevin, Dad and David are just bullshitting. Kelly, Lori and I just sitting around doing a little "GIRL" talk. It was really nice to relax with my sister and my best friend.

We believe that this was Otis. He was most friendly of the three raccoons, that appeared nightly. They really loved the food that we fed them..... They would sit by the door and wait to be served.Dad, Kevin, Mom, Jamie and Austin in the background. This was on Saturday morning when the Howell's just stopped by for breakfast and ended up leaving at 8 o'clock in the evening.

I will post more photos later. I want to show you pictures of the family on the steps and the theatre room, it has the best seats in the house.

xoxoxo