Day #2 - Friday, May 23

My brother and his family were also in Pigeon Forge at the same time we were on vacation so we were able to spend some time with them. On Friday, we went to Dollywood and spent the entire day. We had so much fun - our family LOVES amusement parks (especially roller coasters :). Here are some pictures of us at the park:


The girls on the tram riding from the parking lot to the entrance of Dollywood.

The boys on the tram riding from the parking lot to the entrance of Dollywood.

The children at Dollywood.

A family photo at Dollywood.

ALL of the children at Dollywood. Back row - Max, Maddy, Sam, Rhett Front row - Brittan, Abby, Maicee, Bailey

Abby "driving" an old car on the Rockin' Roadway

Maddy "driving" Maicee around in an old car

Abigail and Brittan on the Lumberjack Lifts - this was actually pretty tough to do!

Aunt Brandi and Maicee

Rhett and Sam

Mimi and Bailey

My niece Brittan - isn't she adorable?

My "big" brother, Duane

My nephew, Max. He looks just like his dad and he is a royal HOOT - he keeps us all laughing, all the time!

Joey, Maddy, me, and Bailey on the Dizzy Disk - it was so much fun!!!

That day was SO much fun! We all had a good time, got SOAKING wet, and were tee-totally exhausted by the time we left - but I wouldn't trade a second. We all went out to eat that night at TGIF and then went back to the cabin and got in the hot tub (well, the girls did!). The men watched sports on the big screen, the boys played pool and air hockey, and all the girls piled in the hot tub outside on the back porch and had fun. Maicee just thought it was a really warm swimming pool :)

All in all, it was a great day and it was wonderful to be able to share it with my brother and his family - we love them so much. They live across the street from us and they are my children's best friends - so it was cool for the kids to have their "best friends" spend a day at Dollywood with them!

We fell into bed that night and slept like logs! And then of course, it was time to get up and do it again......

My digital scrapbook of day 2:

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