Smokies part 2

Every day I miss our trip to the Smokies. It was so beautiful there and it was so great to spend 5 days all together, with no interruptions or stresses. So awesome! I think everyone's (except for Adam) favorite part was having Adam with us the WHOLE time and not having to share him with anyone else. So, SO awesome. I love that man!! Here are a few more pix of our trip, from day 3.

This was the view from the deck of the cabin we rented. We loved it! It's definitely a place we plan to go to again.

This is the main part of the cabin. It had a bedroom off either side, each with their own bathroom. It had a hot tub, which the kids loved, and a jet tub in our room, which we never got to enjoy. Too many kids around! We did, however, enjoy the two-sided gas fireplace. One side was in the room Adam and I slept in. I loved falling asleep with the fire burning. Lest you worry that we were being unsafe, it had a timer on it and would turn off automatically. Awesome!

Adam and the kids while we were hiking in the Smokies. It was very fun, but got a little chilly. Poor Hannah got very cold. The rest of us didn't seem to mind so much.

Ben had fun picking up the "star" leaves that his teacher talked about in his preschool class.

This picture was taken to prove that I really was there! I'm always the one behind the camera it seems. Once again, Ben has a star leaf.

Thanks to a really nice guy, we got this family shot. I love the mountains in the background!

The fall leaves were incredible, although I think we were there about a week to early. Now that we are in TN, I'm loving Fall again! It's my favorite time of year, I think.

Awwww! This picture makes my heart melt and brings back some great memories. (Including Ben's plumber bum! I had to keep pulling his pants up while he was on Adam's shoulders.)

We even got to see snow!! I love this shot with fall below and winter on top.

Another great shot of the snow.

We went to a place called Cade's Cove, where there used to be a little community. There are still cabins and so we got out to walk to one of the cabins and there were a bunch of deer in the meadow. Ethan and Ben decided they wanted to walk up to them and they actually got pretty close. I was amazed!

This is one of the cabins.

Sunset in Cade's Cove. It was so beautiful. I'm afraid the pictures don't do it justice.

Another shot of the sunset.

And... one final shot of the sunset.

On the way back to the cabin, Ben had fun making silly faces. What a cutie, even with Doritos all over his face!

Hannah, our sleeping beauty! After a day of whining about the cold, we realized she wasn't feeling well. She had a fever when we got back to the cabin and she and I stayed home the next day while Adam and the boys did some more hiking. Poor girl!

Stay tuned for days 4 and 5!!