vacation photos...

Well, I finally found time to post our vacation photos. We went to Gatlinburg the first weekend in March with our friends, Dylan and Sara. For those of you who haven't heard, I fell the following weekend and fractured my elbow, so that is why i haven't posted in a while. My elbow is on the mend. I am able to remove my brace as needed throughout the day and, hopefully, when i go back to the dr. in two weeks, i will be able to keep it off!! the following photo is the cabin that we all stayed in...



the living room...

kitchen...

one of the bedrooms...

brad (the grill master)...

game room...

the 7 foot t.v. in the game room...

view of downtown gatlinburg from the side of some road...

one day we went hiking. we went on the same trail that brad and i went to last time we were in Gatlinburg. This is Dylan and Sara...

view of the smokies...

the huge waterfall that was at the top of our long hike. Definitely worth it...

look at how small dylan and sara look next to the waterfall...amazing!!

dylan, sara, and brad decided to hike further up the mountain where there weren't any trails. I decided I would rather stay where I was and take pictures. I have discovered that I am quite the klutz since I had kids(or at least the kids are my excuse) and I didn't want to break a leg and have to trek down the mountain.

look closely...brad is in there somewhere:0)..

Brad and Dylan climbed to the top of the waterfall...

a cabin that belonged to a noah ogle(i think that is his name) not really sure who he was...

his barn...

we went to the Ripley's Aquarium. I personally like it a lot better than the Newport Aquarium. I like Jellyfish, they amaze me....

Okay, so only people in the Mahan family will get the humor in this photo. Brad's great-grandpa's name was Fred Mahan. We were walking past this parking garage and it was named after "Fred McMahan". We decided to cover up the "Mc" and take a picture. We aren't sure who Fred McMahan is, but he must have been important enough to have a garage named after him.

Lastly, a little side note to my blog readers.... My Grandma went in for open heart surgery yesterday. They replaced an aorta and did four bypasses. The surgeon said the surgery went very well, but she isn't out of the woods. She has a long road of recovery ahead of her. Brittney has a prayer that she says every night before bedtime...

Now I lay me down to sleep

I pray the Lord my soul to keep

May angels watch me through the night

and keep me in their blessed sight

Amen.

(She has added this part recently and I think it is so sweet)

And please make Grandma C. all better

Amen.

So, please keep our Grandma in your thoughts and prayers and may she get "all better".

Sorry, about the spacing in this post...not really sure what happened!