We hit the road for Thanksgiving this year and had a wonderful weekend with Papa Steve and CC. We got in to town Wednesday night so that we had all day on Thursday to enjoy family time. The boys were so excited to see the girls again...but Nate clammed up when they finally got there...apparently they were just so pretty they were making Nate shy. :) Once they all came out of their shells they had a fun afternoon!
That's Max on the right...a little bigger than the last puppy pics I posted! This was his first road trip, and we discovered that he is prone to car sickness...but other than that, he did pretty well away from home and had a BLAST running around with McKinley...I am quite certain McKinley was exhausted when he left!
There is just so much to be thankful for in our lives - family being at the very top of that list. Thank you CC and Papa Steve for hosting such a lovely day to celebrate that.
On Friday, we headed to Waynesville to have lunch and do a little bit of Black Friday shopping (we went in one local store) and to spend the night at the mountain house. We had a fun night playing Zingo with Nate and lighting some sparklers that Nate dug up from two 4th of Julys ago.
And since we can never just go straight home, we drove through Gatlinburg to play a bit first. First we took Max on a quick hike down by the water (he is camera shy)...
Then we took the sky tram up to Ober Gatlinburg...the perfect level of touristy cheesiness to thrill the kids.
It was pretty chilly at the top of the mountain...and by the time the sun started setting it was downright cold. So, naturally we spent a good amount of time around the fireplace in the snackbar drinking hot chocolate.
Nate begged to go ice skating but neither Michael nor I felt up for a skating lesson (or a sprained ankle) so we promised him a raincheck on that activity. So as a consolation prize they got to ride the little cars that go in circles.
We got home pretty late that night but that was ok, it was a fun day with the kids and a fun weekend. Luckily we still had the next day to rest and get our Christmas tree before work and school started again!
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