Family Vacation

We just got back from a few days of hanging out with my family in Tennessee! We had a blast. The house we stayed in was awesome!

Everyone could walk out to the balcony from their room and see the beautiful mountains!

This is one of my favorite pics of the mountains in the morning! Doesn't it look peaceful :)
We also had a screening room with a HUGE projector TV. Perfect for watching the Olympics.

Most of us went tubing on Monday. We brought our own tubes and scouted out the best spot to go. Mandy and Ryan found the perfect spot that was safe for the kids. We put Evan, Abby, Issy and her lamby(which must go all places with her!) in a big raft and the rest of us took turns pulling them along-they loved it! We had one minor incident-of course involving me! My tube got stuck in one of the faster parts on a rock and it punctured my tube AND tore a hole in my bathing suit. Jason(aka Macho Man as he is known to my nieces and nephew!) gave up his tube for me and he swam the rest. Luckily we were close to the end. Here is my favorite pic of all!

That is my brother with all of our tubes! And proof that lamby went along :)
So did anyone read the story in the paper about the kid that got attacked by the black bear. Well-the same day that happened my sister and Issy ran into these walking back from the tennis courts!

Those are our trash cans! There was a mother and 3 cubs. They ended up getting into the trash(somehow they opened the locked gate!) the next day. Jason and I had to leave early but the night before we left we all talked about our favorite parts and Issy said this was her favorite!

The Hot Tub! The kids loved it...especially if Papaw was in it also. I have to say one of my favorite parts was this

Eating Together. Not as much the eating part,which I like :) but the together part. I just love sitting around the table with all my family. We have been very blessed and times like this are so special.
Here are a few more pics!