Dedicated to Bebe and Granddaddy

Vacation- The Good Part

We went to see the dinosaur museum. I don't think it was really worth the money, but Tyler enjoyed getting a toy. Brianne was unsure of the dinosaur bones.




Our usual trip to the outlet malls and the horse (we always get a picture on the horse). I will have to find the old pictures to compare how big Tyler has grown.

Riley's big ball

Poor Tyler!!! he was afraid of the gorilla, and it was his idea to get a picture next to him. He chickened out, and Lee was trying to make him understand that the gorilla was fake.

Our "swim" at the chalet
Brianne was a serious driver. She is going to give us problems.

Tyler's favorite ride at the park, it goes up and down like a mini free fall.

Parents really amaze me. As I was waiting for Tyler to get off this ride there was a father telling his son that "you can either ride these baby rides or the other rides for your age." He looked to be Tyler's age, and there was nothing wrong with him riding the rides in this section. Why must we say things like this to our children and try to make them older than they are. Luckily he had a sensible mother that intervened and said to let him ride them, and he seemed to have a good time.

Our annual picture at the park. I usually try to get the kids by themselves, but we waited too late to get pictures. This was on our way home at 6AM so both kids were not in the mood.

Dude Part 1

Dude Part 2

Brianne is showing her dude tat also. Her tat is a sticker. LOL

How was our vacation?

What does all this equal up to?


This vacation was so eventful I will break it into two parts: bad/ugly and good. When we got to Gatlinburg we went to check in, and they told us that they would have to switch our chalet because ours had flooded. Oh NO!!! Bad sign for us. The new chalet was on ski mountain road. Anyone that knows the area is aware of the older accommodations and VERY steep roads. Well we get to the place and YIKES!!!! See pics below. We were spinning trying to get up the hill. The heat on the first floor was not working, and Brianne was shivering. Lee told her to stop that it was not that cold. Well I watched her and discovered that the shivering was really chills from a fever. Brianne was sick, and we were in panic mode. We called everywhere and could not find anyone open to see her. We did find a Dr that was opened on Sundays so we decided to take her in the next morning. We took her to see him and waited outside the door for 2 hours (along with 8 other patients), and he never opened the doors. We were forced to go to the ER which ended up being a pleasant surprise. It took us less than 2 hours to check in and walk out the door. She has pink eye and both ears are infected. Mommy’s throat is feeling like it is getting scratchy again. Two days later I am up in the middle of the night so congested that I can hardly breathe. Lee and Tyler thankfully escaped the illness. Knock on wood….

The slippery flooring and step up to the horror house. Lee even fell. We took pics and took them to the office.

Just some of the cracked, missing tiles
If you can't see them for all the flowers and blue, Lee, Tyler, and Brianne are sitting on the couch. LOL Poor sick Brianne

Need I say more....
Falling curtains
Even goes up the ceiling!!!
Oooohhhh we are home!!!! We got moved back to a the chalet we usually stay at. This one was not an option when we originally rented because it was booked on Saturday night. We ended up where we wanted to be.

First Sunburn, March 27, 2008

When I got off work Thursday Lee was telling me Brianne was sick. I looked at her and noticed she seemed really red. We had to drive to Maw and Granddaddy’s house so I really did not have time to look at her closely. When we got to their house I had a chance to really look at her and discovered she had a bad sunburn!!! The babysitter, Jamie, let them play outside for 2 hours and both of them got too much sun. From now on they will either need to have sun screen on or she will not be able to keep them outside in the sun anymore. I did notice she has a runny nose and cough, and we are going on vacation!! I have been sick since Sunday, and I hope she is not catching my cold.

I tried to get pictures of her and her sunburn but she did not want to cooperate. So here is what we have.

Easter Day

Tyler decided that he was going to host a party on Easter at his house. It really turned out to be a nice day. It gave us (Mom and Dad) just the right kick to finish unpacking and cleaning the garage. He told Maw that he wanted her to come to his house for the party and to bring all her people. He also invited several strangers. Here are some pictures of the big day.

Goodies from the Easter Bunny

Maw and Brianne

What is it with men and fishing poles? One of the boys shot the rocket on top of the roof.

The gang.... Or is it Maw's people?

Jacob, Brianne, and Tyler

Brianne looking for eggs under the bushes. She was very good at finding even the really hidden eggs.

Granddaddy, Brianne, Jacob, and Tyler

Brianne took (dragging it along) her prize for finding the golden egg to granddaddy to open.

The boys got movies for their golden eggs.

After everyone left, and they took their naps we had to go back outside and hide the eggs again. We are still enjoying finding eggs. Sometimes I just throw some into Brianne's room, and she goes and finds them.