Christmas in Pigeon Forge

A few days after Christmas we met my side of the family in Pigeon Forge to stay at a cabin for a few days.  It was so much fun and everybody had such a good time.

The cabin was super nice and roomy!  It was called "The Cabin Patch."

There was a cool rocking horse there!

Hehe!

Kathryn, Madison, Cori, Anna, & Holly

Aidan and Kathryn riding Mr. Ed!

Sis, Mike, and Dad :)

Kati, Anna, Jan, & Madison

For our Christmas craft this year we brought some paracord so everyone could make bracelets!

It was a hit!  Of course after about 20 bracelets, Brian's fingers were a little sore. :)

Sweet cousins!  They don't get together as much as we would LOVE for them to.

Ariel, Anna, & Cori

We were happy happy happy that Gige and his girlies were able to drive up!!!  We missed Becky though. :(

Such beautiful girls!

Gige, Cori, Kati, & Dad

 

There was a cool play room in the basement of the cabin.

And the view as pretty great too!

Mom-mom and Aidan

Kathryn and Anna

Funny Anna!

Pa and some of the grand-kiddos before our bear hunt (READ: blowing off some energy!)

Love this pic of Dad and Holly.

I got my camera ready and said, "Look there's a bear!"  Hahaha!

Holly and Lauren

Here are some random pics from my phone:

We drove down to TN early that morning and we had to stop by the Bass Pro Shop!  Holly found the ultimate nutcracker!

The grocery cart for the weekend!

Brian and Kathryn when we first met up with everybody at check-in.

Ornament on the tree! :)

The tree at the cabin!

There was a huge tree going through all three floors of the cabin.  It was protected and there was heavy fines if it was damaged!

The dining table was great!

There was a Pac-Man game downstairs too!  I think all of the adults enjoyed a few games on it. :)

Before we left I was emptying one of our left over bowls off the deck and I accidentally dropped my bowl!  Mike was very chivalrous and ventured down to get it for me. :)

Our family group shot!

We all enjoyed spending time together and hopefully we can do this again sometime soon!!!

Christmas 2012

We've had a great time this past week celebrating Jesus' birth with spending time with our families and we have one more special time coming up that I'll share later. :)

The girls before and after pics on Christmas morning.  It looks like a lot, but honestly our girlies are easy to please and like smaller stuff.  Except maybe for the boots that they needed! 

Christmas day we went to Nana's house.  Bella was too cute in her Christmas dress and bow!

And Miss Harper is precious!

Aunt Tracy is always so sweet and gives out plenty of gifts for everyone!

Nana got the girls some Snuggies they have always wanted and some bootie slippers!

Anna was sitting on Bella's bed with the tent on top of them.  It was too funny!

Harper was a little fussy and was about to throw some tears after I snapped this one. :o)

Nana and her grand-girls!

Tonight we met with Brian's dad's side of the family and had a great time.

Brian's dad is doing so well after his transplant surgery!  He has lost some weight, but he still looks great!

The group shot (minus a few)!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas celebrating Jesus that came so that we may live!

As I close I'm going to share Brian's Facebook status that he posted on Christmas morning.  It says all that needs to be said:

"Merry Christmas! I am thankful that like every year the girls woke us up this morning to open presents, but it hit me that the folks in Newtown, Conn. had a very different experience this morning. I am also thankful that my Dad is doing so well with his liver transplant, but there is a family that is missing a loved one this Christmas. I hope everyone will take the time to remember families who are grieving this Christmas. Most importantly I am thankful to the Christ of Christmas who has saved me and is better to me than I deserve. God bless you all this Christmas!"