One Last Trip!

We took a family trip to Gatlinburg for a few days to celebrate the end of our summer break! We had a wonderful time swimming at the hotel, visiting the aquarium, playing Putt Putt and enjoying walking around downtown. It was a great way to end our summer!

Checking out one of the fish tanks!

Lucy pointing out one of the fish.

One of Madison's favorite displays, the jellyfish!

Checking out more animals with dad and brother.

Lucy and Madison swimming with the fishes! 

We loved the penguins!

Lucy given this penguin a kiss!

The one picture of me at the aquarium!

Lucy and Peyton sharing ice cream in bed at the hotel. As Allen said only on vacation!

Madison playing her Kindle after a long day of sightseeing and swimming.

Love these three!

So sweet!

Madison wanted her picture taken with the pink flowers!

Somebody thinks they are big stuff!

With the purple flowers too she said!

The Celebrating Continues!

Peyton went to get his license the week after our great lake weekend. He passed with flying colors! So we now have a teenage driver in the house! Yikes! 

That night we went to Kanpai for our traditional birthday dinner with my family and the Blackwells! It was once again a yummy dinner that everyone enjoyed! I forgot my camera so took some with my phone! They didn't come out great but they will do!

Madison loved the soup! 

Peyton and Mike

Lucy loved the soup, rice and mushrooms!

Madison with Anne Mommy and PopPop!

The Blackwell family! 

Peyton Turns 15!

To celebrate Peyton turning 15 we took him and 4 friends to the lake for the weekend. The little girls got to stay home and be spoiled by my parents! The boys had a great weekend of riding the tube, swimming, rock jumping, playing video games and cards. We had a ton of fun celebrating with Peyton and his friends!

On the way to the lake we stopped and ate at Cookout!

The boys fixing their lunches. Katie commented this is the first time she had ever seen Peyton fix his own sandwich! ha!

Ready for some tubing!

No words!

Brad did his best to give them some wild rides!

Brad and Katie playing cards with the boys.

The boys enjoying the homemade Reese's peanut butter ice cream. Peyton doesn't like birthday cake so we celebrated with ice cream!

Another Lake Weekend Away

We took another weekend trip to the lake with the Kinard family. We had great weather and enjoyed lots of time out on the water!

Girls cruising on the boat.

Peyton, Liz and Caleb  riding the tube.

Can you guess who the daredevil is in our family?

More tube riding for Mary and Madison with Allen along for the fun.

Crazy fun!

Allen, Peyton and Caleb hanging on for a rough ride.

Mary and Lucy cuddling on the boat.

Swimming off the dock.

Lucy having some deep thoughts.

The kids enjoying the ride!

Exploring the waterfall.

M and M ready for a ride!

Lucy not real sure about the puddle jumper.

Daniel and Lucy looking at fish.

Allen and Lucy kayaking.

Riding the tube behind the jet ski.

Fun on The Fourth

We went to the lake to celebrate July 4th with our good friends the Kinards. It was a rainy few days and the temperature was much cooler than normal. We had a great time hanging out and enjoying each others company. We did get out to swim and ride the boat for a few hours. It was a great way to celebrate the fourth!

 Hanging out playing games.

Lucy eating snacks and hanging out in her pj's.

 Madison and Allen playing some iPad games.

PD and JB playing a game of checkers.

Watching the rain come down.

Finally some outside time.

 Madison loves the jet ski!

Snacking on the dock.

Wrestling fun.

The girls ready for some fun on the tube!

Daniel and Lucy love napping on the boat.