Brinker Family Vacation - Part Dos

After the scrumptious dinner Jenny prepared, we changed clothes and headed down to the creek not 3 minutes from our cabin! The water was freeezing cold, but it was a perfect depth to wade in. We soon got adjusted to it and had such a blast!



Pops is ready to roll!







Somebody's ready to have some fun! He's such a little rascal! :)


Grammie looooves the mountains!



Enjoy the photos! It'll feel like you were there! :)



Fishing out pretty rocks and pebbles from the creekbed!


 

Gavin Dean!



Sweeeeet.



Everything is so much more fun with cousins :)



The three musketeers taking the river by stoooorm!





Kurty Boyyy.



The shoes are coming off, and Pops is going in!



Who needs an Ergo or Baby Bjorn when you have a Mandy and a Polly? hah!





Not a care in the world.





Brrrrrrr, it's cold!!



 

Oh dad, hahaa!



Of any guy I've known, Wade takes the best pictures haha! Hey everybody!



Getting ready to float down the river!



Buh-byyeee!



Ready for the rapids!





Little buddies.



Such a sweet fam!



It was soon decided we needed to have a raft race between the kiddos...Who can float down the river the fastest?? Wade and Kurt were the referees/savior, keeping the kids from floating all the way down the river!



Bumper Cars Rafts!



It's the River Monsterrr!



Picture Perfect.



Looking at pebbles from the creek bed! Nice bun, Lissie!



The next morning we enjoyed homemade cinnamon rolls (thanks, Jenny!) and watched the kiddos find innovative toys..such as a broom! Kate's waiting for it to make a bang haha. Her and Grant are the best little buddies!



Jenny and Luke, the Ultimate Snuggle-bug!



Soooo prettyyyyyy, Lissieee!



The biggest, most beautiful brown eyes you'll ever see!



Each morning or evening, we would have a Bible Story time with the kiddos. Here we are singing "This Little Light of Mine," and everyone's got their light up!



We then got dressed and headed to our first nature hike! We stopped at a scenic view on the way and got some great shots of the fam!









Cutest couple!



We jumped back in the car and headed to Laurel Falls, a mile-long hike to a big, beautiful waterfall! The kids were such troopers!



We stopped along the way to take a few pictures on the side of the trail. Needless to say, the kids were worn out by the time we got to the waterfall hah!





Lissie and Baby Poole!





We made it!! The water was ice-cold and the waterfall was beautiful, just like I remembered!



I don't think Andrew was supposed to get his shoes wet. haha YOLO!



Pretty Lissie.



 

Awwwwwwww.







On the way back down the mountain, we needed a few more breaks. Rylie is over it, haha!



Picking flowers while Mom and Nathan went to get the cars!



Each night, Grammie would make (the best) creamy hot chocolate with loads of whipped cream on top! Perfect tradition for being in the Smokies!



Sadie sharing the gospel and doing the hand motions. So sweet!



My little Vannie girl. She looks like such a little woman here!



The next morning, little momma Sadie got some snuggles with Luke!



Sweet Judey! And of course, Callie getting her lipstick done for the day haha!



Sweet Callie was playing on the deck the day before, and she got stung by a pesky wasp right above her lip:(. Not many people can rock a swollen lip, but Callie sure did!



 

Part Tres coming soon!