Last Half Of October

A day or so after my last post our little family took a trip to Pigeon Forge, TN for a vacation. It was the first vacation Travis has had in several years and he was pumped to get down there. He had most of what we would be doing while down there planned out about a week before we left. While I slept in everyday he got up before sun rise and drove to Clingmans Dome to get pictures of the sun coming up over the mountains. If you want to see those pictures you can go to his Flickr page and check some of them out. While Travis was out that first day I had a little accident in the cabin. On my way to turn a light off (half awake) I took a little slide down the stairs. When Travis got back to the cabin we packed into the car and started out. Our first stop that day was to hike Grotto Falls. The hike wasn't terribly hard it had rained though so it was really muddy and we had to cross a creek or two. Here are a couple of pictures of when I go to the top.

On the way back down from the falls I once again took a little spill. This time though I almost rolled down the mountain. I had just about had it with walking. Thankfully that was the last fall I took while on vacation. The last couple of days was mostly driving to see the sites in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Here is a picture that we took of Braeden outside the cabin before we left in the hoodie that Grandma Jazmyn made for him.

Check out the sign that we found while out and about in TN.

Next came Braeden's 4th birthday party! WOOHOO! We decided to hold the festivities at Marion Lanes bowling alley. All of the family that lives in the area were there to get their bowl on. All the T's were there as well as Rachel, Gavin, Grandma Jazmyn, Aunt Krista and Aunt Donna. Everyone seemed to have a good time. Here are a few of the pictures from the party.

Finally we have Halloween! Braeden was the scarecrow from Wizard of Oz. He was the cutest little guy out there. We went over to the T's house to go with all the kids there. Braeden was so excited while out trick-or-treating. He would run up to the house and then run back to us and show us what he got. I think he may just be the cutest little boy ever.