smoky mountains

One of the views off the road

President Taft did some kind of speech here in support of National Forests

Cade's Cove: The valley of the Smoky Mountains

Crawling up the trail to the highest peck of the Smoky's

Too cloudy to see the 4 states or anything from the top of Clingman's Dome

Finally down with the trail

cool tree on a hike

found a small waterfall

starting our vacation

To split up the drive, we stopped to see friends in Cinny!  The girls playing dress up

Starting our drive for vacation

sisterly love

tackle of love

Hugs before our Papp family reunion

Claire is starting to learn how to run

new pets

Thanks to good friends we got Kota the dinosaur that likes to eat

Thanks to neighbors, we like to ride Clementine the horse

After a few days, Claire was brave and decided to give the dinosaur a try.  Now she loves riding it!

zoo in the evening

We went with our friend Des to see the animals at the zoo in the early evening

Everyone enjoys a choo choo ride

Annabelle loves touching the stingrays and other animals

We are going to the zoo, zoo zoo

How about you, you you?

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day!

We went to the Akron zoo and hung out in our backyard on a beautiful Father's Day!

Playing Ring Around the Rosie in the pool.  Claire's favorite games

Dumping water on Daddy's head to celebrate him on his day!

Late May, early June

Running through the sprinkler.  Annabelle and Daddy had some great fun outside fun while Claire was inside recovering from surgery 

 

For Mommy's birthday, she got a yummy cake and a massage gift card.  Daddy got a bag of his favorite things:  tape measure, Beef Jerky, lighter for the grill, flashlight, beer, and a bottle opener.  He also cooked steaks and ate cake too.  After he opened his gift, Annabelle kept filling the gift bag up with her toys to give him.  In the picture is some of the stuff she personally gave him (at least very short term)

Claire was happy about the lift jacket before going on the boat.  She liked falling down onto it

On the boat, Claire didn't like any of it.  Both girls did much better a week later when we had a "Snack Boat Ride"  Grandpa and Grandma got a new boat for their lake house.

Annabelle looking for things!