Gatlinburg Vacation 2015

I feel like I am made for the mountains and cold weather.  I wanted to stay and enjoy it forever.  Of course, Tennessee has summers, too.  But they also get SNOW!
I was so excited to spend a week in a cabin in the mountains with my in-laws.  We had a nice giant place with plenty of comfy sofas, a pool table and even karaoke.  We had soooo much fun.  The first day we arrived, there was a giant snow storm on the way, so we knew we were going to be trapped for a few days.  I couldn’t wait.  I was so excited to relax and soak up the amazing views, the soft snow, and the excitement on my nephew’s faces.

I loved photographing the snowball war.  Everybody had so much fun, and I loved watching them.  Of course, since I had the camera, I warned the boys not to throw snowballs at me.  But that didn’t stop Aidan from putting snow down my boots.  Love that booger-head.

This is the difference between when we first got to the cabin and the next morning.

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Aidan looooved to eat snow.  He called them “snowburgers”.gatlinburg_vacation_0016 gatlinburg_vacation_0017 gatlinburg_vacation_0018 gatlinburg_vacation_0019 gatlinburg_vacation_0020 gatlinburg_vacation_0021 gatlinburg_vacation_0022 gatlinburg_vacation_0023 gatlinburg_vacation_0024 gatlinburg_vacation_0025 gatlinburg_vacation_0026 gatlinburg_vacation_0027 gatlinburg_vacation_0028 gatlinburg_vacation_0029 gatlinburg_vacation_0030 gatlinburg_vacation_0031 gatlinburg_vacation_0032 gatlinburg_vacation_0033 gatlinburg_vacation_0034 gatlinburg_vacation_0035 gatlinburg_vacation_0036 gatlinburg_vacation_0037 gatlinburg_vacation_0038 gatlinburg_vacation_0039 gatlinburg_vacation_0040 gatlinburg_vacation_0041 gatlinburg_vacation_0042 gatlinburg_vacation_0043 gatlinburg_vacation_0044 gatlinburg_vacation_0045 gatlinburg_vacation_0046 gatlinburg_vacation_0047 gatlinburg_vacation_0048 gatlinburg_vacation_0049 gatlinburg_vacation_0050 gatlinburg_vacation_0051 gatlinburg_vacation_0052 gatlinburg_vacation_0053 gatlinburg_vacation_0054 gatlinburg_vacation_0055 gatlinburg_vacation_0056 gatlinburg_vacation_0057 gatlinburg_vacation_0058 gatlinburg_vacation_0059 gatlinburg_vacation_0060 gatlinburg_vacation_0061 gatlinburg_vacation_0062 gatlinburg_vacation_0063 gatlinburg_vacation_0064 gatlinburg_vacation_0065 gatlinburg_vacation_0066 gatlinburg_vacation_0067 gatlinburg_vacation_0068 gatlinburg_vacation_0069 gatlinburg_vacation_0070 gatlinburg_vacation_0071 gatlinburg_vacation_0072 gatlinburg_vacation_0073 gatlinburg_vacation_0074 gatlinburg_vacation_0075 gatlinburg_vacation_0076 gatlinburg_vacation_0077 gatlinburg_vacation_0078 gatlinburg_vacation_0079 gatlinburg_vacation_0080So what are the chances that Bryan and I run into one of my former bride & grooms?  Not only did we run into them downtown, but also randomly ran into them in the middle of nowhere while site seeing!  I had my camera with me, so I had to take a picture.  Happy Anniversary Kelsey & Cameron!!
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One of the volunteers at the park asked us if we wanted our picture together.  I get nervous when others hold my camera, so I tried to turn him down, but he assured me that he has a DSLR, and he knows how to work it, so I gave in.  He then led us to a really dark  spot, and we took the picture, the whole time I just knew the pictures were going to be completely black.  And they were, bless his heart.  He tried.  But thank goodness for post-processing, I was able to kind of save it.  It’s not the best picture, technically speaking, but it’s of the two of us, so I love it.gatlinburg_vacation_0082
Hey, I made that scarf.  That’s right.gatlinburg_vacation_0083 gatlinburg_vacation_0084 gatlinburg_vacation_0085 gatlinburg_vacation_0086 gatlinburg_vacation_0087 gatlinburg_vacation_0088 gatlinburg_vacation_0089

 


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