Gatlinburg Girl's Trip

Claire, Aunt Cara and I all took Granny Nelda to Gatlinburg, TN for her birthday last weekend. We enjoyed some great outlet shopping, dinners out (at least when Claire wanted to stay in her high chair) and relaxing in the hot tub. Somehow while we were there, Granny convinced us to hike up to Clingman's Dome, the highest point in TN. I'm still not sure how I pushed Claire in the stroller up a 0.6 mile strenuous hike, but we made it to the top and it was well worth it. The sky was crystal clear that day, and apparently there are only a handful of days when you can actually see everything in such a high elevation in the SMOKY'S. Here are a few pictures from our weekend. Claire really racked up on new clothes for summer, and I was able to get a few things too. We had a great time!

This week Grandma Faye is in town helping us settle into the new house, and the rest of the Spradley family will be joining us this weekend. We are super excited to be able to visit with everyone!

Our Cute little home for the weekend!

Claire is ready to go hiking!

Then she decides she'd rather stroll with her juice and let Mommy do all the work!

After walking 1/2 mile up-hill, we're still not done...

...but, we made it!
And the view really was gorgeous!

It was very windy and cold!!

Claire's favorite part of the trip was watching the goldfish outside of Flap Jack's Pancake House.
She didn't want the grass touching her feet so we had to walk slow in our new flip flops!
Claire wasn't so sure about the carousel ride, I think after 5 hours of shopping she was just ready to go!!
Our only bear sighting!