What a wonderful mini vacation!!! Joe and I headed out to Dollywood to hang out with my family for a couple of days. Virginia arranged for an Air B&B. All my siblings came along with Virginia, Mike, Sadie, Allie, Emily and Keiran. The house was perfect. It even had an indoor swimming pool. We drove down Saturday and went to the park for a bit.
The weather was nice, upper 70's to low 80's. But the park was very crowded.
A cold front passed through that night and Sunday was cooler with showers on and off. The rain really wasn't too bad. The best part was that it was enough to keep the crowds away. No lines for anything.
About the only thing we did the first day was to go to the music show we were wanting to see. Then we went to the house for a great supper prepared by Emily and Keiran. Then there was swimming, hot tubbing, movie theater watching, and card playing.
I think it was the last weekend for the fall harvest decor.
Then Sunday, because there were no lines, we rode rides all day.
Allie was so tired. She was able to get in a short nap while Sadie rode a rollercoaster that Allie wasn't tall enough to ride. Saturday I only walked 3 miles, Sunday we upped it to 6.8 miles.
They really liked the Dolly clothes museum, especially getting to dress Dolly.
It was a great weekend and a real treat to be with so many family members. I just wish Matt and Gigi could have come. When we were talking about our favorite things, Sadie said, "getting to love you so much." I hope we are making very special life long memories for them.
2 comments:
Aww Sadie, what a sweet thing to say.
Allie makes a fierce bear cub!
Getting together with family is such a blessing. Our Canadian Thanksgiving was a week ago. there were 4 of the 5 sisters (including me) together and some nieces.
Family get-togethers are the best. What a heart melting line from Sadie.
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