last week we had our Rasmussen reunion in gatlinburg, tennessee. Since Drew had school during the week, we met up with my parents on Sunday for me and Parker to go home with them. We hung out there for about 24 hrs before we hit the road again.
Parker loves getting in suitcases for some reason.
a cool hangout at grandmas
loves to swing
picking black raspberries with his cousin Abi in grandma/pa's garden
playin with the cousins
While in Gatlinburg we stayed in this super nice cabin in the moutains. Equipped with a pool table, hot tub, and TV in every room. One day we did a family hike up to Laurel Falls.
I conned my parents into sitting through a presentation for 2 hours to get us 6 adult and 3 kids tickets to the aquarium for only $25 total! I would have done it but I'm not 25. But we're super thankful that they sacrificed their morning for us to go! Parker LOVED it!! He was just hitting the glass in excitement and squilling like crazy! I wish I would have filmed him there- it was hilarious!
On the way to the cabin there was this crafting community. In there was Santa's Claus-et that had a lot of ornaments and other christmas decor. The best part was Santa! Parker was more interested in the train going around the room than santa. He got a free ornament and candycane from Santa.
most of the craft stores had random cut out that you could take pictures at. These were the ones at Santa's place.
Drew was able to come up early on Friday! I didnt do so good on planning and with our schedule, so we didnt end up going rafting (which drew really wanted to do) and we didnt get to go to Ober Gatlinburg (a ski resort thats an off season amusement part). But we were able to ride a ski lift, which is all I really wanted to do (I never have before) It was worth it because the view was AMAZING at the top! the picture doesnt do it justice.
Early that day we took some family pictures. It was a big deal for my family because we havent taken legit pictures since 2005! Parker was quite the character at the pictures!
this is the cutest thing!
Parker was a champ on our 4.5 hour drive home!
it was a great week! the smoky moutains and area were so green! Drew and I both thought it was a little hard to transition back to Louisville because it just looked rough compared to where we were. The trees arent as big, the green isnt as green. haha. According to Drew, we WILL be going back for a visit before we're done with dental school. Thanks mom and dad for a great week!
Looks BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Seems like you had so much fun. I love vacationing.
ReplyDeleteI hear you with family pictures. My family finally had some taken a few years ago and before that it had been over 10 years since we all took pictures. Crazy!