Gatlinburg Vacation 2015

This was our first vacation as a family of 3. Hunter had never been to the mountains, but I have been several times. I loved watching his reaction to the beautiful landscapes God created. Once we got into the mountains, I think I heard "Katie, take a picture of that 154,745,963,415,558,713 times. Maybe a few more. But, on a positive note, we have lots of pictures of Allie's first vacation.

We left out on Thursday and my in laws came down to spend the weekend with us on Friday night. Thursday, we found the cabin, then went to get Chicfila, and come on back to the cabin for the night. Friday, we had plans to go into Pigeon Forge and do some serious shopping. We stopped in Gatlinburg to get some gas and within a mile of leaving the station, the truck started acting funny. We thought it could be bad gas, but called both of our dads and each of them confirmed what we already thought. We didn't know how much the truck would cost to fix or if it was something more serious, so we decided to hold off on the shopping. The rest of Friday was spent eating Steak N Shake, Panda Express, and trying to run gas out. Thankfully, the truck was a cheap fix.

My in laws got in late Friday. We went to bed and got up early for a day of shopping Saturday. Between me and Hunter's mom, Allie doesn't need clothes for a while. Oh, and my awesome mother in law bought me a Michael Kors pocketbook! We ate at an awesome Chop House about three o'clock, then went back to the cabin. On the way up the mountain, a black bear jumped out in front of us. It was so beautiful and I was lucky enough to get a picture of it.

Sunday, we came home pretty early because we had a birthday party. Allie did so great not only on the vacation, but also on the ride up there and back. We only had to stop a couple times and she hardly cried at all.

Welcome to Tennessee!!