Gatlinburg,Tennessee

Last week we had the privilege of going with a group of friends to stay at a cabin in Gatlinburg. The cabin was AMAZING! It was three stories and had seven bedrooms! Our group consisted of ten adults and ten kids so we had plenty of space for all of us. Ella spent most of her time in the game room playing the Galaga arcade game. Every time I would go downstairs she was sitting in front of it. We were able to see Paul's Aunt and Uncle who live in North Carolina while we were there too which was really fun! We hadn't seen them since I was pregnant with Ella so it was fun for them to meet our kids. We had a wonderful mini vacation! It was beautiful in the smokie mountains. We enjoyed a hike, delicious dinner of fish tacos made by an amazing Chef, saw the Appalachian Trail, and had many good conversations with friends! We made so many wonderful memories and I hope we can do it again!

Ella loved Aunt Nancy! You would never know they just met :)

Micah and Uncle Jason


Second Cousins


Ella and her game

Benjamin- he is 3 weeks younger than Micah, gorgeous baby!

View from our cabin

Creek where we hiked


The AT! it was freezing and windy.

Kym's dream is to hike the AT one day

Jesus Loves Me

Ella Bella Dancerella

Today was the first day of Ella's dance class. She was so excited to go and had so much fun! I wasn't able to be in the dance room during the class but I would see her occasionally run across the room. I think there is a recital at the end I will get to sit through so I'm looking forward to that :)

meeting some new friends!


So excited!


Showing me one of her stretches

Happy Friday!

I took the kids on a short walk around the neighborhood today. Ella was really excited to push Micah in our new $5 dollar umbrella stroller :) She actually pushed him most of the way which if you could see our sidewalks is quite impressive! It was fun to see little signs of life all over. Spring is here!!!

When you think your little girl is sleeping............

she might just be putting on a tutu with her Cinderella slippers, and making some pancakes on her stove :)

Happy St. Patricks Day!

I took my two little green wearing sweeties to the park today to celebrate St. Patty's and the beautiful weather! It was an absolutely gorgeous day! We enjoyed a nice walk, a picnic lunch, Starbucks, and later a delicious corned beef and cabbage dinner.

Ella had fun pushing her brother on the swings

A little treat from Starbucks :)

Where is my treat mommy?

our after dinner St. Patty's treat :)

Ella's first musical

Ella and I went and saw Beauty and the Beast today. Before the play there was a princess tea that we went to where Ella was able to meet all the characters from the play. They had a lot of fun activities for the kids to do like tour backstage, get autographs, and make a craft. Ella did awesome during everything! I thought with her missing a nap that she might not last but she loved the play and clapped at the end of every scene! The play was really good and I was very impressed that it was put on by high schoolers! I remember going to my school play and they were nothing like that! So since Ella survived this experience I guess our next stop is Broadway! :)

Meeting the Beast! I was surprised she wasn't scared of him.

Meeting Lumiere (the costumes were all awesome)

Meeting Belle

Cogsworth

Ella, Kylee, and Ally with their light up roses

Getting her face painted

Gaston!

After the play we decided to take advantage of the beautiful day and walk down and get ice cream at Dairy Depot. This was our first trip there this year and our official kick off to Spring!