Vacation Time

Last week the girls, my mom and dad and I headed up to Gatlinburg TN for a little vacation with the girls. I wanted to take some time while I was in TN to spend with the girls and my parents. On Saturday we left for our vacation but before we headed to Gatlinburg I wanted to take the girls to the zoo in Knoxville. We spend Saturday there and the girls had a great time. Lots of animals were out and it was a beautiful warm, not humid day. The week in Gatlinburg we spent plenty of time swimming. Katie learned how to swim all by herself with her arm floaties on. She is so proud of herself that she can get in and swim without me being in the water with her. Bree started to swim on her own but isn't quit there yet, but I think by the end of the summer she will be. We went into Pigeon Forge several days to let the girls ride some of the rides and Katie got to drive a go cart all by herself. Another big moment for her. Bree's big moment was that she rode the rides at all. Last year you couldn't get her on them and this year you couldn't keep her off of them. On Wedndesday we decided to go up to Ober Gatlinburg, I had not been up there in years so I wanted to see what it was like. Katie and Bree saw the ice rink and wanted to go ice skating. So I laced up my skates and took Katie out first. The first time around was very wobbly for her but after that she got the hang of it. She was skating right with me only holding my hand. It was so awesome to watch her pic up on something so quickly. I think we will have to try it again when winter comes around. Bree tried it out also, but she wanted me to actually skate while holding her. I am not that talented so she tried skating while I held her hands but it didn't last long. She gave it her best shot. We made lots of great memories and had a blast spending time with my family. I will post the pics on picasa there are lots, plus my blog is given me issues on attaching photos. Having problems figuring out why it won't let me.