To Tennessee!

Maybe for tomorrow’s cluster of catchup posts I’ll be smart and start at the end of the day. Doubtful, but maybe. Anyways, we hung out in Virginia till we needed to leave at 11 because it was only a 3 hour drive to the Dollywood house. We got to the house by 4 and were unpacking and checking things out when Hannah and Tom burst into the house saying there was a bear in our driveway! All 25 of us ran out as fast as we could! They were at their car, which was 2 cars ahead of the jolly green pictured below, when this little (big) bear cam waltzing by. 

She meandered her way through our driveway and continued on up the hill. Everyone in the house in front of and up the hill from us was outside watching too. None of us had ever seen a bear in the wild, and spoiler alert, this was the only one that we saw. Crazy!

I love goofy newborn smiles!!! She doesn't have control of her eyes yet either so shes often cross eyed and this mimi thinks she's the most precious thing!

Love love love.

Working backwards, there was another Buc-ee's so you know we had to. It was also all of Amy's family, Frey's family, and Alli's first time at Buc-ee's too, and they all loved it!

Sandy got multiple pieces of apparel and enough food to need a cart. To be fair, we grabbed dinner while we were there. My sissies got matching shirts and Uncle Bubba bought the boys Buc-ee's stuffies. We just love that place!

Another stop we all made was Cabela's. Just because they're fun to walk around and we had some time to kill.

Litz Mansion silly shot! It was such a special time.

And Litz Mansion regular shot.

Leaving the mansion Alli's car and ours stopped at Walmart and we got a creepy "I'm following you!' text. The Jolly Green Giant is 17 years old and we still love her!

And finally, my boys swinging at the mansion house. They had a lot of fun in the yard!