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I know it's been FOREVER since I've written. I can't even tell you how busy it's been around here. BUT the blog is on my to do list this week! SO stay tuned:)

Jenny

Family Trip to the Smokies

What an amazing weekend we just had in the Smokie Mountains.

Months ago I decided that our family, our whole family on my mom's side, should take a family trip. My grandma, Nana, has always talked for years about us all going on a trip together. SO....to celebrate my grandma and grandpa's 60th wedding anniversary, we all gathered together in a BEAUTIFUL cabin in the mountains of Gatlinburg, TN.

This was no easy task. My cousin Corey and his wife Laura and their beautiful 3 month old daughter flew in all the way from California. The other 15 of us drove in from Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky. It was so great to all be together again. It's been way too long.

 The quads eating a little snack with their great grandparents while dinner was on it's way.

 Nana was SOOOO excited to meet her youngest great granddaughter for the first time.

 I'm so thankful for such a wonderful grandpa. The kids LOVE hearing his stories that he makes up.

 We decided to be brave and let the kids sleep in beds on this trip. We usually put them in their awesome Pea Pod tents, but since our cabin had 9 bedrooms we thought we'd try it and see. They did great and it was sooo cute to see them all snuggled up together.

  John enjoying the beautiful view.

Pa and my sweet girl Anna.

This was right after we got to the cabin. They were so excited to see the mountains and run around our "new house". Sadly, I had to tell them that we were only borrowing the house for the weekend. Guess they were hoping it would be a more permanent thing. I think I could get used to that idea...well except for the curvy, narrow road.

My momma, me and my Nana.

YES,....that's exactly what it looks like. A black bear cub on our front porch. We knew before hand that the area has a local momma and her baby bears. But I never really expected to see them. They sniffed around for a minute and ran off down the road. It was so cool...and a little scary:)

 What a view!

 Sarah and Dad rockin out.

 Having some fun family time. It was just so great to relax and do whatever we wanted for the weekend.

 Oh yeah, one of the floors had a pool table, hot tub, & old school arcade games. Fun FUN!

 The proud new parents and sweet baby Audrey.

 The kids outside the aquarium with some of the biggest pumpkins I've ever seen.

 They were in AWE....so was I:)

 Sharks inches above our head. It was soo cool. You can't help but hear some Jaws theme in your head when they start swimming towards you on the other side of the glass.

 Pretty.

 The proud grandparents.

 I love my little family.

 Nana and her great granddaughters.

 The whole family! I'm still amazed that we got such a good shot of us all.....Great job with the self timer Corey!

 God is a beautiful artist!

 It's hard to not want another one after loving on such a sweet lil thang!

 Very important business going on here.....watching the Cardinals:)

 60 years. That's amazing. SO thankful for my grandparents and for the amazing Godly example they have been my whole life.

 Pa.

 Da Bears.:)

 Nana. Beautiful.

 The big baby debut!:)

My sister and her husband. Still seems funny saying my sister has a husband.?!:)

What fun we had! I wish we could have stayed a little longer! It couldn't have been a better weekend. 

Jenny

August FUN!

Benner-benner chicken dinner:)

Nutty-mcnut pants

Shugatee-boogatee bear

My firstborn(s)

Ben and his magnificent tower. He's a great builder:)

Ornery lil punky pants.

Doing "school". 

We've decided to not do formal preschool this fall, so I'm doing home preschool. It's been a lot of fun. I haven't done it daily with them, but they really enjoy learning and trying new things. Right now they are learning to write their own names and doing a great job with it! I'm so proud of my smarties!

Benjamin, Pa, Baron, Nana, Anna, & Allie.

We drove down to KY to visit my grandparents and go out to lunch. It was such a fun morning. The kid love their great-pa & nana.

My super dudes.

SUPER BEAR!

Holy Benman!

I can see it now.....he's going to be the class clown--getting in trouble.:)

Such a sweet little man. Ben is so strong and sensitive. Love it!

One of my beautiful princesses.

The crew.

It's Dr. Princess Allie Grace:)

Brian is such a fun daddy! SO thankful for him!

Brian's favorite red velvet cake for his 34th birthday.

We love you SO SO SO SO SO much daddy! Thanks for being the best dad/husband ever!