Vacation continues :)

Santa’s workshop (Santa’s Claus-et)
Rare picture of all 8 kiddos in Pigeon Forge
Kiddos with Santa.  Jessica was so excited to see Santa, she yelled his name and jumped into his arms 
Hunter celebration part #3 maybe?  He had his friends over and they went to the water park and we had cake.  
Here are his friends :) 
Sean and I had a belated anniversary.  We went on an overnight - this is our hotel.  :). It had a wonderful water view and lots of rain came through so the noise of the river was awesome.  We kept our door cracked through the night and it was God’s natural sound machine for us while we slept. :). So nice!  
Me and Dad.  He flew in on Tuesday and is staying with us a week.  It’s been so nice to have him here.  
Connor back home in IL at obedience school.  We hear he is doing great!
We’ve had all sorts of weather here - from sunny and almost 80, to cloudy, to lots of rain, to 50s, 60s, and 70s, to teens and 20s and snow.  
Davy Crockett putt putt for Hunter’s birthday.  Natalie must have had a bad round.  
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.  I love where we live now in IL, but I do miss the mountains.  
Sean took me to dinner on our overnight to a steak house.  It was really good.  Sean had steak, but I had grilled shrimp.  We also did some shopping, went to the Pottery House for lunch (one of our faves in Pigeon Forge), got mani/pedis and massages.  Ahhhhh!  Relaxing.  :) 


Today was another nice church day seeing old friends and hearing a good message and lunch with friends at Big Kahuna Wings in Knoxville (another fave!).  9 days down,  5 to go.  
 

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