The Broady's

christmas in pigeon forge

What a fun place this time of year...literally every business and restaurant had some form of decorations or lights. The LIGHTS were amazing. The last night there we went to dinner and then drove around and looked at the lights...everywhere! The main street in Pigeon Forge highlighted the 12 Days of Christmas by having lights displaying images of each of the days. We only captured a couple due to not wanting to cause a wreck for us or others. There were cars stopped everywhere with people hanging out their windows with cameras...too funny. Of all nights for me to leave my good camera back at the resort! We had what I call the "dumb camera" with us. Ugh! It takes horrible images at night. But Keith actually has a pretty good camera on his phone that we used for many of these.

12 drummers drumming

9 lady's dancing

On a side road, there were some displays lit up of nursery rhymes...Hey Diddle Diddle, Humpty Dumpty...got us all in a nursery rhyme mood...I couldn't resist just busting out in song for some of them. :)

Hey Diddle, Diddle

Humpty Dumpty

And...they had an area called Patriot Park...so cool. So much history. It was decorated with thousands of lights. Addison got a little history lesson as we looked at the many different things they had lit up...the Statue of Liberty, Liberty Bell, American Flag, army tanks, fighter jets, etc. This was an incredible tribute to those who have fought for the freedom of our country...so grateful.

This was our interesting find...there had to have been some great design and architecture that went in to this.

We just sat and looked at it for awhile...everything was completely upside down...as Addison pointed out for all of us. :) ...all of the doors, windows, and even the palm trees. Very interesting.

arcade

There was an arcade in the resort as well. We just had to visit one night. Keith did the typical racing games...I am terrible at them but gave them a try as well. Ashley played 'Deal or No Deal.' Addison did a little bit of everything. And Kaden simply explored the area...actually tried to escape the arcade a couple times, but was retrieved by mommy. :) I also played some skee ball. With our tickets we earned, Kaden got a ball and Addison got a princess wallet and crown...no surprise there! :)

Don't take your eyes off of him!

huge waterpark!

What a blast this was for the kids. There was a huge wave pool, a couple different areas for kids, scary waterslides (at least I thought so), a hot tub that you could sit inside or go through an opening and sit outside...with the dusting of snow we got.

view of the waterslides from outside

Addison was daring as usual, Kaden splashed around and loved it, and Payton slept in the stroller...each time we went. :) Ashley watched the kids for just a bit while Keith dragged me to the waterslides. I don't mind the ones that just take you back and forth through the tunnels, but when they are dark inside and you have no idea what is ahead, and then there is a gigantic drop that takes your breath away...I am not a very big fan. But...I am happy to say I did it and survived. :)

It was so nice to have this park attached to where we were staying....tons of fun for the kiddos. Our pictures tell the story...

Kaden loved being able to just float around. He would just lean back and relax...so funny to watch.

And....sweet Payton...all dressed up in her bathing suit, but too worn out to enjoy the water. :)

Downtown Gatlinburg

I was a little worried about what the weather would be like for us to walk around and be outside in Gatlinburg, but the Lord was good! I had prayed before we left that God would give us unseasonably warm temperatures for at least one day so I didn't have to worry about Payton primarily. And...would you believe that is what happened?!?! That is even what the meteorologists were saying on the news..."unseasonably warm temperatures." :) The day started in the mid 50's and was in the low 60's when we were walking around...really perfect for us. We were all still very bundled, but the temperature helped a lot with all of the wind and mountains surrounding us. Payton stayed warm and toasty in her fleece outfit and multiple blankets. And she was soooo good! She is seriously the best baby. She just sits in her carseat and looks around or sleeps...really only cries if she is hungry or has a little bellyache.

Here we are all bundled and ready to go...armed with one double stroller and one single stroller...a seat for all!