June 1 - Dollywood - Day 1

June 1

We thought we would go to Dollywood before Nels started his new job.  So we packed up and left at 11 a.m. on June 1.  It's only a four hour drive.  We prayed together, listened to Pres. Nelson's general conference talk from April: "Confidence Before the Lord."  We talked about charity and virtue.  I think it helped us to all be a little bit more kind this week.  Yay.  

I listened to a Follow Him podcast.  I drove half the time and Nels drove the other half.  We arrived at the cabin just when it became available, 4 pm.  The cabin's name was "No More 9 to 5."  It was very nice 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath home. 

We got unpacked and settled.  The boys are in one room with a queen over queen bunk bed.  The girls are in another room with a king bed.  There's a game room with a hockey table and two arcade games.  

Also, a hot tub!

Then we went out for dinner/lunch at McAlister's Deli.   

Noah got his double mac and cheese. :)

This is one of our favorite restaurants because there's something on the menu that everyone likes!

Then we went to Dollywood from 6-8 p.m.

It was so nice, no lines and we just enjoyed it.  Here's a few pictures:

The kids went on Mystery Mine, Eagle, Big Bear Mountain, Dragonfly, Bear Trail and Treetop.

Sweet Noah.  I went on Treetop with him.  

And a Bear ride.

Everyone, except Noah, went on Dragonfly and Big Bear Mountain.

Isak and Kira got to ride it twice.   And Isak and I rode it together and sat in the very front!!

Watch out, cute kid walking through Dollywood!

As we were leaving, we got free cinnamon bread!  Mmmm.  We loved it.  

Great way to start our trip.

We went to Walmart and bought about $60 worth of food:  milk, eggs, cheese, stuff for egg burritos, sandwiches, yogurt.  Then we all went to bed.  We slept well.  The beds were comfy!

Here's Isak with Dumbo and Cole (turtle squish mallow) on his queen top bunk bed.

And this is a little exaggerated, but this is how Kira and Sofie share the bed.  Haha.

Day 1 of our Dollywood trip is done.