Family Vacation

 I'm back from a most wonderful time! I told you I would be having a good time with my granddaughters, but didn't tell you it involved my whole family.

We rented a big cabin in Seiverville, TN, just outside the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.  All 3 of our kids and their spouses, along with the grandkids were able to come.  Because our son Andy and his wife Nikki live in KY, it's a special blessing to have all of us together.

As usual, I took lots of pictures that I'll be sharing of what we did during out time.  I'm splitting it up so you aren't overwhelmed with pictures!

The drive down was long.  Bob and I left on Friday afternoon, spent the first night in Kokomo, IN and then drove the rest of the way on Saturday.  Driving in the mountains in rain is not fun, but when we arrived at our cabin, the sun was coming out.

I was enjoying seeing lots of old barns on the drive, this one was just down the road from our cabin.

We rented this car for the trip.  It was a Nissan Rogue, had only 3000 miles on it and was perfect for our drive.  Imagine our surprise when Heather and Andrew arrived in their rental car which was the same model but a different color!

Here's our cabin. It's built on top of a mountain, so the view is amazing!

The kitchen

The living room.  There was also a large eating area, and a full bathroom on the main floor.  There were 2 bathrooms with king beds and attached bathrooms on the top floor and the same on the bottom floor.  There was a laundry area on the bottom floor, and on the top was a game room with air hockey and and arcade game.

This is the view off the porch  on the main floor.

Another pic of the view.

Our bedroom

We had a fireplace too.  The bathroom had a steam shower and is behind the fireplace wall.

We had a porch off our room too and there was a hot tub there.

Soon the rest of the family arrived.  Cassie is now 4 months and is at such a fun age.  She smiles with any attention and loves to squeal!

Alaina and Ruby loved playing with her.

Everyone enjoyed the back porch.

The girls had fun climbing up the pillars.

Laura and Aaron had a jacuzzi in their room which the girls thought was great!

That's enough for today.  I'll share some things we did in the next few days.