The first stop on our vacation was Cincinnati for a night. Then we drove with my parents, brother, and sister to Virginia's Natural Tunnel State Park for a family reunion. Here's a view from the resort we stayed at overnight for the reunion.
We met tons of my mom's relatives all originating from Tennessee. For breakfast, they cooked some southern favorites including biscuits and gravy and warm strawberries and rhubarb.
We took this chair lift down the mountain to see the natural tunnel. We all fit in one chair. Addy was the only one who was scared.
I didn't take many pictures of myself but here's one to show my 12 week belly. Ignore the look on my face.
After the reunion, we headed to our cabin in Gatlinburg. The kids favorite part of the cabin was the jacuzzi bath where they spent most evenings.
One day we went to a petting zoo and dinosaur museum.
I only got pictures of the petting zoo.
The boys favorite animal was a cat sitting at the entrance.
One of my relatives gave us tickets they didn't get a chance to use for Dollywood's Splash Mountain waterpark. This was one of my favorite parts of the trip. The kids had a blast. Here's Aaron passed out in his swimming diaper as I'm trying to dry him off to leave.
Josh's favorite thing we did was exploring in the creek that runs through Great Smokey Mountain National Park. The kids even caught some crawdads.
Jackson was proud to have found the biggest one.
We used a rock as the tripod for this family picture.
Another morning we went back to the park to take a hike to a waterfall. Jackson puked in the car right before we got there because of the really curvy roads. After cleaning him up we were off for a 2.6 mile elevated hike on a paved path.
Josh carried the baby on his back and pushed Jackson in the stroller. I was so proud of Addy for walking to entire way, although she did complain some.
Here's the falls. The people already there said we had just missed a bear!
After our hike, we picked a bunch of blackberries from a bush right next to our car. At this point in the trip my camera ran out of batteries.
On our way home we stopped in Cincy and spent 2 night hanging out with my family.
We met tons of my mom's relatives all originating from Tennessee. For breakfast, they cooked some southern favorites including biscuits and gravy and warm strawberries and rhubarb. 
We took this chair lift down the mountain to see the natural tunnel. We all fit in one chair. Addy was the only one who was scared.
I didn't take many pictures of myself but here's one to show my 12 week belly. Ignore the look on my face.
After the reunion, we headed to our cabin in Gatlinburg. The kids favorite part of the cabin was the jacuzzi bath where they spent most evenings.
One day we went to a petting zoo and dinosaur museum.
I only got pictures of the petting zoo.
The boys favorite animal was a cat sitting at the entrance.
One of my relatives gave us tickets they didn't get a chance to use for Dollywood's Splash Mountain waterpark. This was one of my favorite parts of the trip. The kids had a blast. Here's Aaron passed out in his swimming diaper as I'm trying to dry him off to leave.
Josh's favorite thing we did was exploring in the creek that runs through Great Smokey Mountain National Park. The kids even caught some crawdads. 
Jackson was proud to have found the biggest one.
We used a rock as the tripod for this family picture.
Another morning we went back to the park to take a hike to a waterfall. Jackson puked in the car right before we got there because of the really curvy roads. After cleaning him up we were off for a 2.6 mile elevated hike on a paved path.
Josh carried the baby on his back and pushed Jackson in the stroller. I was so proud of Addy for walking to entire way, although she did complain some.
Here's the falls. The people already there said we had just missed a bear!
After our hike, we picked a bunch of blackberries from a bush right next to our car. At this point in the trip my camera ran out of batteries. 
On our way home we stopped in Cincy and spent 2 night hanging out with my family.
2 comments:
Nice pics Jessie! Sounds like you guys got to enjoy alot of TN during your visit. Glad you got to soak in some southern culture.
OH MY GOODNESS!! I didn't even know you were pregnant young lady!!! That is fantastic news. Gotta love a February Baby! And if it comes on the 5th it can share a bday with Vinny and my mom. : )
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