On the way back from Pigeon Forge, TN, we got a big surprise....ELK!!! We rounded one of the last curves coming over the mountain before we got into Cherokee and saw about 20 elk standing on the side of the road! We pulled off the side of the road along with all of the other 20 cars! It was so amazing how close everyone was to these wild animals!! It was like they didn't even care we were there. Hunter was in awe, along with everyone else! Maybe we'll get lucky some other time and get to see them again!
On Saturday, we headed over the mountains to Dollywood with Nana and "Bitt" (Britt). We were hoping Caleb would go with us, but he decided to stay home and work with his Daddy. We did miss him, but we had a great time!
Hunter just loves the cars that he can drive! It's always so hard to get a good picture while he is driving, so we had Britt and Hunter pose in a parked car instead!
This was our attempt of Dada holding out the camera to get our picture while we were on the ferris wheel. 
Hunter seemed to enjoy it even though his facial expression may not look like it. 
Britt was brave and turned around for the picture! Nana was not quite as excited about getting her picture taken like that!
Hunter and Daddy went fishing! Hunter caught a fish and got to choose a Dollywood bear to keep, however he wanted to take the fish and fishing pole instead!
It was great to have Britt with us. He fit much better in the kiddie rides than I do! Plus Hunter really enjoyed Britt riding with him.
It was hard to get Hunter to look at us for a picture. He was way too interested in the duck instead!
I really like this picture of Britt - cool and relaxed! :) He kept talking about he just LOVED to go on these kiddie rides, however deep down I know he enjoyed getting Hunter on and off of the ride all by himself and taking him on rides with him because I would volunteer to take Hunter and he would say, "No, I don't mind." He did so good with Hunter!
Britt had to entertain Hunter a little on the pigs. We should have done this ride first because it didn't go up in the air like the bee or play music with a button like the duck. It just went around in a circle, but Hunter still enjoyed it!
When we went to the Carousel, we let Hunter choose which horse or animal he wanted to ride and so he chose the "er, er, er, er, errrrr" - the rooster! What a fun day at Dollywood! We can't wait to go back!!
While in Franklin for the couple of days, we went to see both of Hunter's Great-Grannys. It was great to be able to get a picture of Hunter with them both. He was so happy to be sitting with them! He has now learned to say "Grangee" and it is so cute! How fortunate we are to have such great families!!
Last time we went up to Franklin to spend the night with Nana and Papaw, Hunter had a new bed to sleep in....a BIG BOY bed!! It was really nice and he had to check it out as soon as we got there. He did okay in it that night until about 3:00 in the morning when we heard a thud as he had wiggled down to the opening and had fallen out of the bed! Maybe we shouldn't run out and get him his new big boy bed for home yet but it was great to be able to try it out and Nana and Papaw's house. Thanks and we'll definitely try it again next time!
Mimi came to stay a few weeks ago with Hunter while Mama and Daddy photographed a wedding. Sunday morning we got up to get ready for church and we took a few pictures of Hunter with Mimi before she left to go back home. What a great picture of them!
Two weeks ago, Hunter and I made playdough! He really likes playing with it and actually likes trying to eat it each time as well. I'm not sure why he continues to try it because he coughs and spits it up everytime! Oh well maybe one day he'll learn. His favorite thing to make with the playdough of course is any kind of ball!
Not exactly the best picture, since #1 - Hunter was afraid of the baby horse and #2 - our camera batteries died after the first picture! For those of you who have come to our house, you know what I mean by the "crazy animal house." Well down at the crazy animal house, they now have a new baby miniature horse! We knew it was the tiniest baby horse we had ever seen but soon learned that it was a miniature horse. The owners seem to enjoy visitors stopping by, so one Saturday afternoon we stopped and let Hunter out to meet the baby horse. The owner actually came out and let us in the cage to pet him! He was very sweet but wanted to come very close and lick you. Hunter was not so sure of that. Probably the best part of this whole trip was that Hunter was more interested in the cat and rooster in the fence than the baby horse! He does however say "neigh" everytime we pass it now. At least Mama and Dada really enjoyed petting and seeing a horse that tiny!
A couple of weeks ago, we met a couple at Dairy Queen in Pendleton to give them their wedding pictures. Since we were meeting there, we decided we couldn't pass up a chance for ice cream. When we went in, we found that they sold miniature major league baseball hats with ice cream in them for kids. I didn't even know they still made those. Hunter had his vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup in his proud new hat! He was ready to finish the ice cream quickly so he could model his new hat! Not only does his new hat serve as a hat, but it also has become a glove for some of his small balls!
On the way back from Pigeon Forge, TN, we got a big surprise....ELK!!! We rounded one of the last curves coming over the mountain before we got into Cherokee and saw about 20 elk standing on the side of the road! We pulled off the side of the road along with all of the other 20 cars! It was so amazing how close everyone was to these wild animals!! It was like they didn't even care we were there. Hunter was in awe, along with everyone else! Maybe we'll get lucky some other time and get to see them again!
