Zack and I made it back home from Hawaii and headed to work for two days before heading for our next adventure with our boys! I was able to check in on Maddox's egg hunt with his class and was sent pictures from a co-worker as the egg hunt was officially commencing as I was in a meeting elsewhere. I made it back in time to see him opening up all of his eggs stuffed with candy! Holidays are always magical with kids!
We loaded up the car on Saturday morning with Aunt Lindsey and Uncle Boomer and met the rest of the family in Sevierville, Tennessee just in time for a late lunch at the Apple Barn, a childhood favorite of mine! Burke was excited to join us on this adventure as well! We are so blessed that Grammy and Grandpa treated us to a fun spring break trip!
We spent Sunday at Dollywood! The kids enjoyed the rides and delicious food we ate throughout the day. It was so much fun to go on all the roller coasters with the boys as they were at a height to ride on each one! Some of our favorites were Mystery Mine, Tennessee Tornado and Blazing Fury. A final highlight of the day was the boys each winning a basketball at one of the fair games in the County Fair portion of the park while the Kennedy kids rode some of the smaller rides! We finished off our day being driven around by our two boys, a request by Zander who will be driving a real car before we know it!
The boys finished out the evening with a dip in the hot tub we had at our mountain house.... are these boys spoiled or what?
On Monday, we spent the day at Ober Gatlinburg! I loved everything about this day!! It is always fun to take our boys to a place I grew up loving and enjoying as a child. They have updated the facilities to offer a few more attractions and with a barcoded band that allows you to participate in any of the attractions, we enjoyed every single one of them! Zander loved being able to ride the mountain coaster all by himself (since you had to be 9 years old to do that one). We all enjoyed the bumper cars, ice skating and wildlife attraction. The three Houston boys enjoyed the rock climbing wall as well, proudly making it to the top on each attempt! On the way back to our mountain house, we stopped at one of the visitor centers in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to get the boys' passport books stamped. Ever since our Grand Teton and Yellowstone adventure, the boys have been asking when they can get new stamps added to their books! It was the best day!
We came home Tuesday, in time for Zander to make it to soccer practice while Daddy and Maddox went grocery shopping. We have knocked out a few things around the house (mowing, laundry, etc.) and are ready to enjoy the rest of spring break as we count down to the Easter holiday. The boys and I fit in our annual spring break seven mile bike ride and run around Salem Lake. They enjoyed stopping at the dam, the playground and playing at a creek as we made our way around the loop. Today has consisted of a few more errands and a good amount of downtime as we rest before the craziness of spring sports and the sprint to the end of the school year is upon us! Tomorrow, we will head to Grammy and Grandpa's to dye Easter eggs with the cousins, celebrate Grammy's birthday with a dinner out and are ready to spend some time with Daddy this weekend when he is off work again.... we have tickets to the new Super Mario Bros movie that is coming out tomorrow!
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