And the trip begins

Ok, I'm finally starting to get caught up - still have a lot to go though. We took a trip through 6 states and slept at 5 different places in 15 days. It was a whirlwind but I'm so thankful we had a safe and fun time.

We were headed to Townsend, TN to meet up with my family and spend Christmas at a Cabin in the Smokey Mountains. It was about a 14 hour drive so we decided to split it up. Our first leg was to drive 5 hours to visit Damien's brother's family in Little Rock. They moved there in August and this was our first chance to make it out there. I'm so glad we did. The boys love seeing their cousins and it was nice to get a small glimpse of their life there.

The cousins exchanging presents.



Orin wanted daddy to read his book to him right away.

Hum, I'm pretty sure that's not where that thing goes...


Caiah just went over and sat right down on Sam's lap as they looked at the computer. It was pretty funny...they sat like that for a while.

Little Rock reminded me of Chattanooga with all of the bridges going over a river. We walked across one which was very exciting for all of the boys.

I tried very hard to get a picture with all of them looking and smiling but it wasn't meant to be.


He just looked so adorable with his hat on!


The Little Rock capitol building was decorated for Christmas so we stopped by to look around. The kids love playing on this bridge. And later we even saw a man proposing to his girlfriend! It was fun.