Pictures from our trip to Gatlinburg (May 2008)

these pictures are a few months late but hey, whose counting?

(above picture - o.k. here we are doing all things Gatlinburg and one of those being riding

go-carts which was jackson's first time if you don't count the one's at Disney World - no one tell him that he can't reach the gas pedal)

o.k. this was one of those drop thingys but a little smaller but it did actually take your breath away a couple of times - and of course jackson loves all things FAST! Wonder where he gets this from?
Just out having fun and relaxing
Matt and Lexi
Lu Lu
Me and Jack racing Daddy ( and not to brag or anything but we did beat him a few times with Jackson yelling "go faster mama, go faster!)

riding in the back of the Avalanche through Cades Cove, just taking in the scenery
what a beautiful sight and just too picture perfect.

this was this guy's motorcycle and side car (with AIRCONDITIONING!) next time Luke talks about getting a motocycle and traveling around i'm going to suggest this. now lets just imagine what he's going to say! i'll give you guys 3 guesses and the first two don't count.

i personally would think this is AWESOME! but i'd be asleep in two seconds flat. (it's a sickness that i get from my father - i can sleep on any airplane or car that you can put me in)jackson checking it out

one of the homesteads in Cades Cove
outside of the ice cream shoppe where poppy was buying everyone ice cream

gmom, lexi and matt
a BEAR!

a sign
a little illegal but having fun and we were only doing 3 miles an hour
another gorgeous sight
Jackson's favorite game of all time Going on a little hike

catching up on his reading
playing in the creek
posing outside the Apple Barn Restaurant

1,000 pictures is ENOUGH mom!

Dollywood
and jackson smooshed in the middle
and a picture from Cades Cove mill
back to Dollywood
hanging out at the cabin

Who wants to see what some of these crazy folks dressed up like for Dee's Tacky/Wacky/ Pajama/I've never met these people before in my LIFE Party?

and while we are at it, I'll just go ahead and finish most of the pictures of the party so we can get on to more important things like actually getting married......WHICH IS NEXT WEEK! AHHHHHH......................So, as you can see (above picture) Dee is trying to take it all in as we are on my porch dressed like...well, we were an interesting bunch to say the least....and I don't think there is a word to describe this group of family and friends....man, this party STILL makes me laugh so hard (currently I am thinking how Laura won one of the best dressed awards and it was a half-eaten Easter basket from this year - oh, you just can't beat a tacky party - they are just too much fun!) He He.....just this week I took over a few of the leftover decorations and decorated her office at work. (I'm going to be on her hit list)
and she's deciding whether she's going to disown me or not (actually Sheran confided in me last week that she got so excited just seeing all the flamingos and once she rounded the curve she just died laughing - this tidbit was good to hear)
O.K. ,so she's excited about the shirt (I mean it does have a pretty good looking guy on it!) I tell you, we are so bad. Half of us had her convinced that she needed to really dress up nice (like for church) and then the other half was telling her it was REALLY REALLY casual. She'd dressed up to the hilt and then Sheran had her change her clothes again into something more casual. Boy, we put her though it.
and lexi and nancy are playing with the spray cheese-whiz
oh, this stuff is SO GOOD!
Lori stiking a pose for us (actually it was burning up and she was trying to cool down)
And our appetizers were pink marshmallows with toothpicks, slim jim beef jerky, vienna sausages, last years halloween candy, spray cheese whiz and crackers
Sylvia looked AWESOME! (Love the makeup)

Dee REALLY loved this!
And this is my cousin Allison with her skirt tucket up in her shorts (CLASSIC!)
Believe this or not......this is Dee's family (and she still talks to us!)

Waiting for her to drive up
O.K. I can't believe I'm going to admit this but do you guys remember the email that went out where it was stated that some one in Gardendale wore a new men's brief "creation" as a tank top outside of wal-mart? Well, Nancy brought a pair of Ress's underware and we made Dee wear it! HAAAAAAAAAAA! We didn't tell her it was her brother's underwear until we got it on her! It was great.
O.K. well, I got Nelson to come for just one game called the Newlywed game. Dee didn't know he was coming and so we snuck him in and after we'd asked her to try to figure out how Nelson would answer the questions, he came in wearing one of Dee's old wigs (the wig was part of the question) and Dee was floored. We got her good.
Nelson was a great sport.....
and I think he had a good time until we kicked him back out of the house.
Nancy strikes a pose
Lexi and Dewey
o.k. who let this guy in? wait a minute .... he just wants to know what happened to his underwear! He thought he'd bring some fruit for an honest trade.
and here's lori again
and my sister (show color coordinated)

elaine and julie (they are color coordinated too!)
aunt nancy with her jello mold
kati's wonderful choice of foot attire
and then I got thrown in the picture sporting my 80's canary yellow/leopard stripe balloon dress with sandles and knee highs (also with yellow feathers in my hair)

Cindie wearing two sets of pajamas
Eloise, Gmom and Dot, all looking quite well
Paulette and Laura
Ellen really showing off the feather boas well
Barbara, Ellen and Nancy

Momma with a bridal headpiece in her hair (i think my flowers in the background really show her outfit off well)
Stephanie and Vickie
The PJ group and the Raincoat Lady
Paula, your a hoot!
Amy, Janice and Oleta

Kati
Nelson's sister dressed to blend in well
Sheran with her DEAD flowers in her hair..so beautiful
Laura, ready for any occasion as Mary Poppins
Mag and Sheila

O.K. that's it guys. Hope you've enjoyed the pictures. Thanks to everyone who helped and to all who came and showed Dee such a good time. She had a blast and she'll NEVER forget this party. Love you guys!