Tennessee Vacay Saturday (Dollywood/Whitewater rafting)

Saturday was another crazy packed fun filled day! We started the day off at Dollywood! I love going there! It reminds me of my entire childhood growing up and going to Gatlinburg TN. Lil was super excited to go...because there were "lots of rides there!" A big group of the fam met there, but we all kinda did our own thing! We rode the roller coasters...while Mimi and Papa took Lil on all of the kiddo rides! We all had a great time! Lily loved riding in the cars! She loved everything about Dollywood! She was so excited and so happy! At about 2, a group of us had to head on up the mountain to go whitewater rafting! Lil stayed with Mom and Gram and a few other fam members...they saw some more shows, rode more rides, and ate at the Applebarn! (Thanks guys for keeping Lil, so we could go with all of the other thrill-seekers!) We had a blast rafting! It was a great time, and we caught some great rapids! FUN! Later on we grabbed a bite to eat, and when we got home...Lil (AKA FISH!) was swimming with Mimi and Aunt Diedre! We got in bed soon after that! We had another great day! Thanks everyone for making our day so special! We Love you all!!!

Cutie all ready for Dollywood!

The roller coaster crew!
Me and my sis!

Lil and Mimi having some lunch

LOVE UM!!!

Little car racer!

Lil and Parker! Cute!

Lil and Grandma at the amazing Bubble show!

Some of the rafting crew..

(Note...Eric had to have a little rib plate before our trip down the river...just a snack he said!)

Lil and Aunt Chrissy at the Applebarn!

All ready for a night swim to end the great day!

Tennessee Vacay 2011- Friday

Eric, Lil, and I headed to Tennessee for our Washer Family reunion! Our flight was at 5:15 am...so we were up and out the door early! We go there and headed to the resort! It was so nice! Lil met Aunt Diedre for the first time, and was of course greeted with prizees! :) We dropped Eric off because he had to work, and then we went to Huck Finns to meet up with some of the fam and eat lunch! It was so great seeing everyone! After lunch we went to play mini golf! Lil loved it! She thought she was a big shot golfing! After we went and got ice cream! It was VERY HOT! Later we headed back to the resort and got ready for night number one of the reunion. We had a room rented out at another hotel, and had pizza! It was great to see family members that we hadn't seen in at least 20 years! We had a great fun filled packed day! Love you all!

Lil was ready to fly!

Lil and Great Aunt Diedre
Auntie Linds was already instructed to paint Lils nails!

Presents!

Great Uncle Jeff and Lil getting some candy from the candy game at Huck Finns

Lunch!

Lil, Mimi, and Papa

Grandma and Lil

Me and Lil on the train ride up the hill for mini golf!

Auntie Linds helping Lil

Uncle Wayne! :)

Lil and Papa

Tim and Uncle Jim with Lil

Lily and Mimi enjoying some yummy ice cream!

Some of the crew at the pizza party!

Life at the "Y"

Every summer, we join the YMCA. We love love love it! I love to go to the classes and workout, and Lil loves to go to the kids play place, and then we both go to the pool! We lived there for the first few weeks of Summer vacay! The pool area is awesome, and my little fishy loves it! She has done so great with the water this summer. She goes under, jumps in, and can even swim a little! She is fearless, and it scares me a little, but she has done awesome! Most of our friends are members too, and we all have a great time hanging at the Y! It is such a great place! They even play praise and worship music throughout! We went for a night swim the other night so Daddy could see Lil swim! He was impressed! Also..I am addicted to Spinning! We are thankful for the Y in our area! :)

Vacation Bible School!

Today was lily's last day of VBS! She had a great time!! The theme was I love New York! She had a wonderful teacher, and made many new friends! She went to VBS at Deep Creek Baptist right up the road. There were hundreds of kiddos! It was so awesome!! Today they had a party, and lots of bounce houses! My little bit is growing up so fast!! Love you Lil, and I am so glad you had fun learning about Jesus! xoxoxo