A Tender Tennessee Christmas

This year we took another Christmas vacation to Tennessee. I tried and tried to find another location to avoid getting stuck in that place where you keep going back to the same locations but we had such a good time last year... well, there you have it.

So, we took off on December 20 for a week in the mountains. We didn't do much and enjoyed every minute of it. We did manage to go over the mountains (Michael at the pass into North Carolina)

We were surprised to find an old mill

We rode the Polar Express on the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad. We had taken this ride once before when Michael was about 2 on our trip to Asheville this time with much better results.



Michael and Edd rode go karts and we played a few rounds of miniature golf. Michael was finally tall enough to drive most of them by himself which made him very happy. The most fun in the world is racing daddy on the go kart...


Santa found us on our mountain and left a few things with a promise of more when we got back to Flower Mound.



We also added to the luggage by buying Michael his first pocket knife and another bb gun.

It was a great trip and we were sad to leave the beautiful scenery. Luckily the house we rented this year is for sale so we could make it a permanent addition to the family - but, a bit out of the price range... oh well, we'll have to keep looking.

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas full of surprises and blessings.



And... if you're just dying to see more pictures from the trip please let me know and I'll e-mail you a link to the whole lot!!