New Years with Family

We spent New Year's Day with Tina's sister, Debbie, and her family.
She has two daughters: Mandi and Katie.
Katie is marred to Josh and they have Jacob and Kody.
Mandi is married to Ryan and they have Kelcey.
These are some photos from not only New Year's Day, but the whole week we got to hang with them!

New Year's dinner...for those who got to sit at the table!!

Rodger napping as usual!!

Jacob stole his cap and replaced it with the Santa Hat!!

Kody, Kelcey, and Jacob

Jacob



Kody




Mandi

Ryan in Blue

Josh is bald, I mean, in stripes!!!!

And, Justin, of course.

Being crazy since Dad was taking pics from the loft!!!

Ryan, Mandi, and Kelcey in Gatlinburg, the day they left.

Josh, Katie, Jacob, and Kody.

I love this pic of Mammau.

The folk at the bar...Jacob is too cute here!!!

More cuties!!!

Winter in the Smokies

As you know, we are blessed to live at the entrance the the Greaty Smoky Mtn Nat'l Park.
We recently drove through the park after a very long rainy week!
The beauty that unfolds after the rain is a sight to behold.
We thought we'd share a few of the pictures taken in the park.

God Bless and Happy Holidays.

Dollywood at Christmas Time

Family Picture.

Yes, It was cold!!!

Dad was joking with the lady in this pic!!

She was drawing the chalk line for the parade.

" Christmas in the Smokies"
A musical at Dollywood.
It was great!

Tiff and Justin posing for a pic.

Volunteer Christmas Tree
Go Vols!

A gorgeous tree in all blue from top to bottom!

Thanksgiving in the Smokies

Thanksgiving with the whole family together.

What a spread.

We made WAY TOO much.

I was cooking...I promise!!!

Mammau...Justin likes to take random pics...LOL

Yep...that's my baby niece in there!!!

Rearranging the food in the oven.

It was a chore!!!

November Update

Tiffany has been decorating for Christmas this past week.

It's looking really good!!

She's so talented.

Pics of the new posts and fence.

Front door.

Notice the boots and wheelbarrow.

This is country, folks!

Going out to dinner...with raccoons?????

Rodger, Tina, Tiff, and Justin went to dinner this week at MY favorite restaurant
in Gatlinburg. A place called "Best Italian"
And...it is...the best.
The have a wonderful patio seating area that is by a creek.

To their surprise, they had a few guests for dinner.

They thought this little guy was gonna jump on their table!!

Here the are trying to sneak in...believe me...you would notice these guys!

In the end, the waitress got some scraps and threw them further down away from the diners.
She said that so many people had been feeding them that they just love to hang out now.