Gatlinburg Trip

So, my sister-in-law and I took our 5 kids to Gatlinburg on Tuesday for a quick but fun-filled trip. My nieces were on spring break this week and my sister-in-law wanted to take them to Gatlinburg to this indoor water park - Wild Bear Falls. We loaded up the car early Tuesday morning and made the trip to the mountains. When we arrived, there was a long line outside of the facility and you could not park your car there unless you were a time-share partner. So, we finally figured out to go back across the street (4 lanes of traffic with a creek in the middle) to park and ride the trolley. Who knew the trolley would take you all the way into Gatlinburg and back for a total of 30 minutes. So, we decided to carefully cross the 4 lanes of traffic. Without any problems we made it back to the facility. Nathan had a really smelly diaper and needed to be changed and the kids were making fun of him saying that he was stinky (which in fact he was). After standing in line for about 30 minutes, we finally found out that we could go and change clothes as long as someone from the party stayed in line to pay. So, I took 4 of the 5 kids and got them dressed. Then, I went back for Ruby and got her dressed. After Kara paid and got dressed.....Ruby went missing. She had gone out and was about to go down the kiddie slide. Talk about being scared to death! After letting the kids play for about 5 hours, we were all very tired and hungry, so we got dressed and head to the hotel and devoured 2 pizzas. The funny thing about the day, we looked out of the glass building and it was snowing while we were in swimsuits and swimming. VERY NEAT!!! We all had a great time and made it out safely. Kara and I were definitely out numbered, but we handled it just fine. On Wednesday morning, we get up and eat breakfast and then let the kids swim for awhile in the indoor pool. Then we get dressed and go to the outlet malls. We went to one store and decided that was enough with 5 kids and no stroller for the 2 two year olds - so we head back home. All in all, we had a great trip and I would love to do it again sometime in the future! Here are some pictures from our fun trip!

Nathan and Ruby had a blast on these slides. They had so much fun, couldn't stop laughing and kept going again and again!

My cute little Maddie pie!

Audrey "hanging out."

"Hallie-lujah"

Ruby-Kat

This bucket filled up with water and then dumped it out onto the kids. Audrey and Hallie loved it and couldn't get enough of it!

Mads taking it easy

One tired little boy at the end of the day!

Audrey giving the bear some love.

Hallie taking a break and getting ready to go for the day.

As you can tell, there are no pictures of me. I am not going to scare all of you with my lilly white skin. I am thinking I need to go the tanning bed or something! Pretty scary!!!!