Packing It Up

Our last day of vaca. Sniff, sniff. This picture is actually from our last night. Each night the kids all got to read bedtime stories together. It was so fun reading to all three of the big kids and hearing them all giggle.
Our last day of Dollywood was all about kiddie rides and just the ones that were not wet. Here's Phil on the tea cups with the older three.
Don't they look sad to be leaving each other??? These were our goodbye pictures after we rode the carousel.
Saying their goodbyes. Julianna doesn't want to accept it.
Now they're happy again.
Through the whole trip, we never got a picture of all the kids! We had to do that before we went separate ways. Parker (16 mos), Ella Kate (3.5 yrs), Julianna (3 yrs), Chase (5 yrs), Amelia (7 mos).
I recruited Uncle Joe to stand behind me and be the entertainment for the kids so I could get some smiles. I would love to know what he was doing back there because they were cracking up!
I can't pass up an opportunity to get a picture of Julianna smiling, for sure!
The Vinson Family left Dollywood and we stayed to ride the steam engine train up the mountain.
Do they look tired? Boy were they.
Don't let this smile fool you. He fussed and cried the whole train ride and was almost asleep in Phil's arms when the train made it back to the station.

After this, we packed them up in the van and headed back home. They all napped as soon as we got on the interstate. We stopped in Nashville for dinner, dodged some tornadoes around Jackson and made it home around 11pm, safe and sound. Thanks Vinsons for a fun trip!