Tennessee Trip :)

What a wonderful vacation we had in beautiful Gatlingurg Tennessee! The weather was great and the company was even better :). The first night we arrived in Gatlinburg we went out for BBQ on Tom's Birthday, and he opened his present from me and the boys. We even got to meet up with his old high school friend, Eric for lunch earlier. We were sneaky, and had all the waiters come sing him a pretty cool version of Happy Birthday, while presenting him with a wonderful scoop of ice cream, whipped cream and chocolate syrup! The next day Bamma, Pop-pop and Auntie Lina arrived. Despite their jet lag and sleep deprivation we managed to throw a pretty fun dual Birthday party for Brandon (5) and Bamma (50). We grilled out and had some yummy chocolate cake for dessert. We spent a lot of time relaxing and enjoying Tennessee's beauty, but we ate out a little too much; darn those yummy pancake houses!! We even got to visit a Salt and Pepper Museum--interesting! I must say we also got our fill of cloggers and the brewery!
We also had a wonderful time pre-Tennessee, at Gigi's and Pa's house. Tom and I had our birthday celebration, complete with our very own birthday cake, and key lime pie--my favorite!! Gigi and Pa braved the boys for a few hours while Tom and I hit the treadmills at their local gym to burn some of that key lime off! Are you up for it again Dove and Nancy!? Ha ha just kidding; we wouldn't do that to you again :)
Well, we're just about all packed up again for another trip to Kentucky (I'm blogging while I wait for the last of many loads of laundry to dry) to spend some time with all the family :). It's been an eventful couple weeks for us. Oh.......and we had photographs taken on the beach today! My friend, who took the pictures, has a website that she will download the pictures on soon: http://www.littlebit.smugmug.com/ I am so excited to see how they turned out!