We are home again from beautiful Gatlinburg,TN.
I am so thankful we were able to go away for awhile. We needed it more than I think we realized.
I am thankful for my awesome family. My parents decided last year to make memories with us instead of buying Christmas gifts.
So this was our second annual Rainey-Kemerly-Goodman-Fletcher getaway.
My parents rent a cabin for a week and my family, my brothers family, my Mamaw and my Aunt&Uncle go for the week.
The most amazing thing is we all get along and really enjoy each others company.
That is probably a miracle in itself!
The 4 grandkids have a blast. They get to sleep in a room by themselves. They played Indians in the woods, went on hikes and the best was Ober Gatlinburg.
My brother,sister-in-law, Randy & I took the kids up in the tram and then on the ski lift to the Alpine Slides. we had so much fun racing each other down. we would pick different people to race and see who could win. We all acted like big kids. It was AWESOME!
I am scared of heights so Randy thought I should ride the ski lift with Elijah since he was older. Big mistake. This kid is fearless. He was swinging around, getting it to bounce and wanting to jump out of it. I had to close my eyes most of the time. I love roller coasters, but going slowly up the side of the mountain in a tiny metal seat, where you are very aware of how high you are off the ground, not fun!
Ethan and Lauren are the youngest and they kept saying they wanted to ride the "Charlie". It took us forever to realize it was the trolley. So much for adults enunciating when they talk.
I also realized that I talk like my family. Do you know what "Yunt to" means?
Stay tuned to the next installment of Vacation to find out.........
Same Bat time, same Bat channel:)
1 comment:
TRACY!!! first of all: i'm glad you guys had an awesome time! second of all: i LOVE the alpine slides! oh my gosh! so super fun! i went there in march '04 for our senior class trip. and yes, our chaperone told us we couldn't go to ober gatlinberg and not ride the alpine slide! i know what you're talking about--with the ski lift. i'm glad the same thing didn't happen to you that happened to us..you would've FREAKED! :) while we were riding it, it broke. something happened, and we were dangling in the air for about 20 minutes. luckily i was only about 2-3 ft off the ground and could've easily jumped down, but not my classmates in front of me. and one of them, was just like you--scared out of her mind! ;) i'm excited to talk to you about what else you guys did there. Gatlinberg is such an awesome place! see you tomorrow at church! love you!
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