Every year on President's Day weekend, my family heads to the Smokey Mountains for a long weekend of eating, shopping, playing games and sleeping! We have been traveling to Pigeon Forge for years on that particular weekend and we always look forward to it. It snowed the day before we arrived and it stuck around our cabin area the rest of the weekend in certain places. We stayed in a different cabin than we normally do and we had a beautiful view! Adalyn and Landon love having Hunter to play with and they try to spend every minute they can with Casey and Autumn. Our trip up Friday night was nice and easy. The kids are easy travelers now that they are older so that makes traveling a breeze.
Now for picture overload! :)
I love this picture!!
Old school Uno cards!
For whatever reason, this picture just reminds me how big Adalyn is getting. It seems like just yesterday Adalyn was 2 1/2 like Hunter is but now, she's the big cousin taking care of Landon and Hunter! So crazy!
On this weekend we also celebrated 2 birthdays! My dad's is on the 13th and my brother's is the following week on the 20th. So we normally grill steaks that night and they each get their favorite type of cake.
After we ate dinner and celebrated their birthdays, we bundled up and headed to The Island. It was freezing. Like the high was 20 degrees and it was spitting snow. We all rode the huge ferris wheel and walked around.
Sunday was Valentine's Day and Adam and I bundled up the kids and went shopping! We went back to the Island to pop in some stores, but it was primarily for Landon. There is a super hero store that he has talked about since last year when we visited! It was so late the night before when we rode the ferris wheel that all the stores had already closed. He was in Heaven looking around. It just made me happy!
They couldn't get over how big the gum ball machine was. Of course, they had to try one out ;)
The infamous store!!
So.much.candy!!
We went in and out of stores until finally Landon passed out! He was just sitting so quietly in the stroller when I looked down and realized he was gone. I was able to get quite a bit of Spring/Summer clothes for the kids so that was nice!
Of course The Disney store is a must to visit when we are there. Landon found a superhero Look and Find book and plopped himself down.
After we shopped, we met Christopher, Brandy and Hunter at Mellow Mushroom for supper. Everyone else had gone to Gatlinburg for the day to sight see.
After pizza, my dad and uncle brought Autumn to meet us for the Alpine Coaster! We have done it a couple of other times when we have visited but never at night. Even though it was right at 20 degrees, night time was my favorite! The kids absolutely love it!
After the alpine coaster, we went for ice cream! Autumn and I chose Starbucks though. I was TOO cold for ice cream and wanted a hot chocolate so bad!
Once we made it back to the cabin, we all got warm and the kiddos played and played. They were so hyped up!
Monday morning we got on the road to head back home. We always enjoy this weekend getaway! Already looking forward to next year!
A look back at a few of our visits!
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