Sunday, July 12, 2020

Day in the Smokeys

 We met my brother's family in the mountains for the day. By the time we all got up and got to the same area it was lunch time. So, we ordered pizza from Big Daddy Pizzeria. We had the entire room to ourselves.


 The cheesy bread was so good!
Caleb :)
What do you do when you are stuck in the Cade's Cove loop in standstill traffic for HOURS and have kids needing a bathroom? You try to pass the time by taking selfies :) Katherine and Lauren rode in my brother's van and Tyler and Peyton rode in ours.
 The loop never disappoints with the beautiful views!
 We finally got to see what the back up was all about...a mother bear and her cubs.
 Katherine and Grace
 Our 2 families
 12 kids between us :)

 Sheddan family
 Forrester family
 Lauren and Grace
 Justin
 Paige and Benjamin
 It felt good to stretch our legs. Hudson looks like he's standing in front of a backdrop, but it the real deal :)
 Horses crazing in the cove
 One of the 3 bears we saw, 2 babies and 1 momma....all three were out looking for berries.
 sweet faces
 Peyton and Benjamin goofin' off....Ryan is in the background trying to figure out how he's going to climb that tree.
 Love the views
 We decided to go play a game of miniature golf. It was so much fun! 3 different groups I played with Paige, Katherine, Lauren, and Regan.
 This group was Caleb, Justin, Shelby, Michael, Grace, and Ryan
 Ryan always finished his round first and would run ahead to see how our group was doing.
 Hole 18...Regan got a Hole in One!!! And won a free game good for a year!
 Trying to find dinner became a little difficult. WE didn't think about everything being closed early due to Covid. Thankfully, McDonald's in Pigeon Forge had a drive thru open AND had picnic tables set up if you wanted to eat outside. Again, we had the place to ourselves.
 Look at that look!
 What a fun surprise! While we were eating, Dollywood shot off their end of the day fireworks.
 These got out of order...Hudson playing putt-putt. He was playing with Jonathan, Benjamin, Tyler, and Peyton.