A Great Time, Friends & Place...The GREAT Smoky Mountains!

We rented a cabin and called some of our favorite people and headed to the Smoky Mountains for some awesome fun!

The girls were so excited to spend time with there cousins. They are all like "4 peas in a pod".

Here is the cabin we stayed in....it was about 10 minutes from town. In the winter, if you don't have 4 wheel drive you can not get up to it.

 

We went up to Cades Cove. It is a beautiful area with lots of wild life. We saw a total of 12 bears....11 black bears and 1 bare butt!!! LOL! No worries...it was not Justin's...it was a baby playing in the creek. :) 

Here is a picture of a big MAMA bear....

She had a total of 3 babies. They were so cute. I can't believe how close we were to them. They were on one of the walking trails just hanging out. It was AMAZING!

Here is the Gordon family. Jimmy and I are first cousins. We just love them all and enjoyed spending every moment with them. We are looking forward to our next trip that is already planned. 

 Here is a silly picture of us!

 We try going to the Smoky Mountains about every other year. Here are a few pictures WHY....

It is just breath taking!

We did a little racing....I sat out on the last race to get some great pictures.

 This is them getting out of the cars...You can tell by the smiles on their faces just how much fun they had.

What a great mini vacation! Thanks to Jimmy and Tammy (& the girls) for making it super special.