In October we met up with my sis and her family and my mom and dad in Texas! : ) A great time to celebrate both my mom's birthday and my sisters!
Hubby and my sis cooking up a storm!
Pat relaxin after wrasslin with the cows, puttin up a fence and running a marathon! Way to go Pat.
A lil bird told the waitress that it was Moms birthday!
Same bird also told the waitress that it was Sisters birthday last week too! Don't they look cute in them fancy hats?
My sis and Mom willingly told everyone in there their birthdates and their ages!!!!! Can you believe that?!
Serenaded by the staff!
Cabin number 3 for a night
Hubby relaxing in front of the cabin.
Scene from the cabin door.
On the road following Pat and my sis....on the way to Lake Fork.
Getting to the bridge.
Big lake!
Some fishermen, it was a beautiful day!
All of us gettin a lil snack! : )
Shopping at Walmart, getting fishing licenses and fishing gear.....someone forgot his gear in Illinois!
Even hooks come in jumbo Texas size.
First Monday! My sis was on the hunt for her pup, Hubby and Ari were on the hunt for some good grub.
Grub found!
Not sure what they were looking at here.......hmmmmm
Our entrance to First Monday.....not our last visit here thats for sure! Oldest and biggest flea market in Texas, it really is huge!
Honey, don't you think we need horns in the house?????
My daddy is sooooo romantic! He bought this sign for my mom, and she loved it!
Hubby checking out some arms
On the hunt for sweet potatoes! Did not get them from here.....these sellers were from Florida, we wanted Texas grown ones!
Tator farm!
My sis checking out a pup.
Yup, she fell for him hook line and sinker! He is adorable tho'.
Hanging out at the vets.....he was soooooo mellow!
Hubby and Ari getting the fish made up for frying.
Ya catch it, ya clean it and ya cook it! Wife's rules : )
After a few days and nights in Gatlinburg we finally made it into the mountain! We had a quick tour of Cades Cove. It was such a beautiful day, we could have easily spent the entire day out here!
First stop was the John Oliver Place.
They raised 9 children in this one room house! Boys slept up in the loft while the girls and babies slept in the one and only room in the house with mom and dad.
Jess outside the Oliver home.
We had to stop and take pics, it was so gorgeous out!
Families often pulled off the road and had a picnic while on the tour in the cove.
One of the churches
Another church
Here we are on the trail to the Elijah Place, yup we had to hike there.
Saw some tracks....black bears are known to be active in this area. All we saw were deer and turkeys and squirrels.
Coming to the homestead.
We figured this was the barn for the livestock.
A smokehouse
Elijah Oliver Place
Holly is in there waving at us
Jess found a door her size!
It led to this place.....the whole house is being held up by a pile of rocks! Remember, this house has been standing for over 200 years now!
Holly in the livingroom-kitchen-familyroom-bedroom!
Chicken coop?
Back view of the house
Awesome construction! No nails here!
We didn't know what this was but it did have a tree trunk made into a pipe...with water flowing from it from a creek behind the lil shed.
Tree trunk/water pipe
Fencing.....maybe for the garden
The only source of heat
The loft
Heading back to the "real world"
Gorgeous shot of Jessica's favorite tree
Saw lots of these
Christmas tree lit up for the holidays!
We took a lil light tour of Gatlinburg's holiday lights.
Oooooops, thinking Tennessee did not want us to leave!
It was early and cold but the girls still looked gorgeous!
