On an adventure!

This past Friday, John Clay's band played in Pigeon Forge. It was for an annual car show and his band has played there every year for the past 4 or so years. It is a good place to take Anna Kate and Drew because it has a very family friendly atmosphere.  We planned for Mamaw Katherine and Papaw Hubert to bring Anna Kate and Drew up after they got up from their naps and I would leave work a little early and just meet them there.  There is a kiddie adventure land not too far from the hotel the band was playing at so we decided to meet there and let Anna Kate and Drew play for a bit before going to dinner then to see the band. They got in two rides before the sky opened up and it poured. Luckily, the rain passed pretty quickly and they got the rides dried off and opened back up. Drew loved them all. I was a little worried about how he would feel about the very spinny rides but he seemed to like those too. Anna Kate wasn't so in to the rides that we couldn't ride with her. We did talk into riding the spinny boats with Drew but they made it around about three times before she was in full out tears so they were gracious enough to stop the ride and let her get off. So, her adventure was limited to the train and the merry-go-round. I think they had a great time and in the future if we go to a theme park, Drew can ride with his roller coaster lovin' Daddy and Anna Kate and I will watch. Drew loved it all and told us that those rides "made my busy". I think he means dizzy! :)

 Cheesin' on the train!

 There was a train bell they would ring every time we came back around and Drew was really concerned with the train bell and making sure they were going to ring it!

 Riding the swings. Anna Kate got on these but wanted me to "push her". I guess she didn't quite get the concept. When she figured out that wasn't what was going to happen, she wanted off.

 These were the most "spinny" of all the rides and he loved it. We could tell he was getting dizzy because he would roll his head around and around. Haha! These were the boats Anna Kate rode for about 5 seconds and then decided they weren't for her.

 She did find a spot she liked on the carousel. She made Papaw Hubert ride this ride with her two times in a row. I think he got pretty "busy" himself.

 Our trip was complete when Drew got to ride in the "digger".

Anna Kate really liked the hoppy kangaroo too!

After we left we had a quick dinner then on to see the band. The car show is put on by Bubba's parents so April, Bubba, Kylie, and Ty were there.  Anna Kate and Drew danced and ran the rest of the night. They were worn out and were asleep in the car before we made it out of Pigeon Forge. I think its safe to say they enjoyed their "adventure" and would be more than happy to do it again!

 Dancing with Kylie. I have this same picture from last year. Fun to see how they grow!

 Getting down!

Kylie sang Wagon Wheel with the band and did an awesome job. Drew wanted to make sure he was front and center for her performance. They both loved dancing with band and Drew was just itching to get up on stage with Papaw Tim and help him sing and play his guitar. He also found his way to the back to help Daddy with his drums.