Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Taylor Family Reunion in Tennessee

My family all got together at Ashley and Nicks house in June. We rented the cabin next to theirs and had one of the best vacations every. It was BEAUTIFUL and everything was incredibly fun. The perfect vacation spot!


One day we hiked through Smoky Mountain national Park to a small waterfall




Reading with Grandma
Playing Dad's question game--always a treat, laugh filled night.Ashley got us some delicious smoked ribs the night we arrived. Yumm
Joey got to have the best birthday ever! We ate Alfredo noodles, chicken, broccoli and rolls at his request. It was so fun to be surrounded by family.

Joey wanted a cake covered in sprinkles
The great pop free bubble Rachel and Cohen got for Joey

This is my favorite all time picture. Proof that boys of any age are absolutely amazed by the speed of a hot wheels race car :)



Grandpa School: A little geography lesson followed by some hand pile-up slapping, and finished off with a little cousin arm wrestling.




Right behind the cabin was the perfect little boy exploring stream. The kids had endless fun every afternoon. We can't wait to go back and do it again!
Joey had a great time wandering around the river and exploring, floating things down, and catching water skeeters.

Kimball would sit for hours and search out more rocks ad haul them over to complete his dam. I was impressed at what a consistently hard worker he was. Nothing was going to stop him from making that dam.

The boys were so tired after playing in the river all afternoon

Ashley and Nick to us to another part of the river down the road a bit. We had a lot of fun playing by the water. The Big Boys were crazy/brave enough to jump in and float through some small rapids...BRRRR.
Kimball was content to just drive his car along the bank.
The 2 doggie cousins had fun in the water too.

We LOVED seeing the great rainstorms. We had perfect weather most of the time and a few afternoons the skies opened up and gave us a beautiful rain fall. It was so nice to see rain after the long drought in San Antonio.

The best day of the boys lives--getting to go on Ashley and Nicks zip line!!
Running to the barn











The next day it was the adults turn to go while the kids had a grandma and grandpa party. It was soooo much fun!!






2 comments:

Unknown said...

What a joyous occassion for your wonderful family! And your mom looks so delighted to have her brood around her + the kidos.

Rachel Oswald said...

Such a fun trip, love all your pics! Miss you guys!