This past weekend Tim and I celebrated our 10th anniversary in the Smokey Mountains, staying at a resort called "Mountain Loft," which was beautifully tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the family vacation destination, Gatlinberg, TN. We were so grateful for the opportunity, given to us by friends from church who had enough timeshare points to share generously with us. Not only that, they watched our kids the whole weekend! What a blessing.
We thoroughly enjoyed time to enjoy the beauty of God's creation, hiking quite a bit at the Smokey Mountain National Park. I found out Tim's sense of adventure definitely exceeds mine, though! He wore me out with a hike on Saturday, but at least we could go back to the resort and take a nap! And then go swimming outside with a beautiful view of the mountains - can't complain. We woke up to that same beautiful view, in fact. They built the units to each have a mountain view.
This time was truly a gift from God in the midst of a very crazy time in our lives. We had to be prepared to move to the day after we came back! We did just that and now I continue to be in the middle of a certain amount of chaos. We are unpacking, doing Vacation Bible School at our church every night this week, and preparing for a trip to Maryland next week. So I can't imagine anything more on our plate right now. But praise God for His blessings in the midst of our craziest times.
2 comments:
Congrats on your 10 year anniversary. I remember it being hot down there. Your kids are getting bigger especially Joe. Take care, Christopher Kestly
Oh, the place sounds lovely! And congrats on the ten year anniversary! *claps excitedly*
We all miss you back at home; and we've finally sold the house too. We're getting out of it the 11th, camping for four days, then getting into our new house the 15th or 16th; I can never remember which.
(By the way, this is Mary)
I'll try and get some pictures soon; we're just starting dance camp, and it's really fun...then this weekend is the church campout.
Say hi to all the little kiddies for me!
~Mary/Tyty/Katerine
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