Gatlinburg Trip

The kids and I took a mini-vacation to Gatlinburg, TN last month with my Roberts family. We drove to Owensboro, KY first to my Aunt Susan's house then drove the rest of the way the next day with her fully loaded SUV. The kids did so well on the drive. I was impressed. I'm sure the dual DVD players I purchased pre-trip had nothing to do with that, though! My cousin, Andy's, father-in-law owns this cabin and was sweet enough to let us stay here for a week. You can see more pictures of the cabin here. So here is the view from our cabin up in the Smokey Mountains. It was beautiful!

(can you see Jillian???)

This bear skin was hanging on the wall above the master suite.

We really did see a live bear underneath the house one night!

Chillin' in the hot tub. I'm pretty sure we cooked Beau.

These next pictures are of the fun story, Ten Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed.

My Granny and Aunt Linda put on this big story telling show for all the grandkids.

They LOVED it! They each got their own monkey which they then reenacted the

story with and then Dr. Roberts bandaged their little heads. So cute!

These next pictures are from our trip to the Ripley's Aquarium. Fun times!

The kids all wore their matching Gatlinburg t-shirts that Granny got for them.

Aunt Susan treated us all to ice cream....YUM!

One day we went down into town and walked the Gatlinburg strip.

It was warmer than I had planned on it being, but the kids were troopers.

They enjoyed their enormous corndog from Fannie Farkle's. Super YUM.

(Don't worry, she didn't eat that whole corndog!)

And here we are back in Owensboro with Uncle Joe after a fun trip. It was a great trip and I loved getting to see all my Roberts family. The kids had such a fun time and it was great letting them get to know their family a little better!

My Little Biker Dude & Chick

Last weekend we went to go visit Uncle Danny and Aunt Kindi to see the new baby. We also got to check out Uncle Danny's other new little baby, his new Harley. I think TJ is jealous...

Welcome Baby Kinley!

Welcome to the world, Kinley Ellen!

April 24 @ 9:52 pm

8 lbs. 4 oz.

19.5 in. long

TJ & I have a new niece and Brock & Jillian have another sweet cousin to love! Kindi went into labor yesterday which meant we got the pleasure of keeping Dacey. She was an absolute doll baby the whole day and night. Makes ya almost think you could handle three kids if the next one could be guaranteed to be as good as her, but there are NO guarantees in life, now are there??? The kids all played and played and then we had to take a bath in the "hot tub." FUN times! I don't think Dacey knew just what to do for the longest time. But, they had a blast together!

Easter 2010

This was our first Easter in a long while that we got to spend in Illinois. We are usually down at Harding for Spring Sing, but now that no one goes to Harding, we got to spend the holiday with the Schlittler's. Brock & Jillian woke up to some Easter goodies the Easter bunny brought, which made us a teensy bit late for Bible class. Then we headed over to Moie & Papaw's house for lunch, an egg hunt, and opening Easter basket goodies. The Easter bunny left Brock & Jillian little scooters! They had a fun time riding those outside! We were outside just long enough before it started raining. We then headed over to my grandparents' house in Collison where we ate some more and took a ride on the golf cart. It was a fun, busy day!

Egg Huntin'

Friday we had Danny, Kindi, Dacey, Moie, and Papaw over for a cook-out and Easter egg hunt. It was nice out, a little windy, but that didn't stop these three little egg hunters from having fun! I think they all had baskets over flowing with eggs when it was all said and done!