Trip to the Smokies

We got to spend a weekend near Gatlinburg with Nana, Pop, Parker, Rachel and Abigail. 

Unfortunately, Josiah got a stomach bug for most of Saturday. He was a trooper though. Micah wasn't 100% either. Thankfully, the cabin was a few feet away from a lovely creek. All Micah wanted all day was for Daddy to take him outside to play. So if you can't leave the house, it's convenient to have a creek in the backyard.

We still got lots of snuggle time and iPod time. Grandkids on the lap + technology = Pop bliss.

The creek

Nana got some good lap time too. It was so fun to see Abigail's personality more on this trip. She's the cutest and was so sweet to wave to people when they came in the room.

By Sunday, Josiah was feeling much better (after a 4-hour nap on Saturday!), so our family went on a hike in Smokey Mountain National Park. It's always nice when you see green everywhere on your GPS.

After several conversations trying to convince Josiah that you hardly ever see bears out in the wild, we passed by one running away from picture-taking tourists as we were driving to the hike. Pretty cool, but it blew our argument out of the water. We also encountered a deer near our car at the end of the hike. It was quite majestic to see one not more than 20 feet away, staring me in the eyes. Micah was with me, and he was very still and stared at him too.

Hiking. Jonathan refuses to use a carrier. 

We spotted a snail, and Josiah pointed out his slime trail.

End of the hike by the waterfall. The boys were both did fine one the hike and in the creeks, but the waterfall scared them.

Family picture. Not too bad.