weekend at the cabin

we had a good time at the cabin this weekend and we actually took the opportunity to participate in some actual pigeon forge things.

on friday, we rolled into town around 5 and dropped off lindsay at her parents house so she could go to a bachelorette party that she helped organize for one of her best friends. jake and i trucked it on up to good ol' exit 407 and met mom, charlie, brooke, and charlie's parents at the golden trough for dinner. the food was pretty good and jake watched dora in order to stay entertained (this will be a running theme...). we stopped off at five oaks on the way back to the cabin and the ladies did a little shopping (this could also be a running theme probably...). after that, we made our way up to the cabin and hung out while watching a movie on the big screen in the living room (as opposed to the big screen in the den / game room).

on saturday, we got up early and met lindsay for breakfast - her parents brought her up on their way out to run some errands. afterwards, we hit five oaks again, but all 3 of our family got some stuff - mainly new clothes for spring / summer. we had such a big breakfast that we just snacked at the cabin before napping because we made reservations to go to a show in the evening. we went to the fiddler's feast and had a real good time with a decent meal and funny show with comedy and tennessee music from over the years.

on our way back to the cabin, we again took a back road to avoid the insane traffic on the main drag that came along with the auto show that was in town. by going this way, jake ended up seeing this place with carnival-style rides for the second time and asked again to go ride. we decided to turn around and it made for a great evening. jake had a blast on the train, airplanes, swings, ferris wheel, and many other rides. i enjoyed riding go-carts twice and now i want to find a place around here :-)

when we got back to the cabin, we crashed after a long day and not much sleep for L the previous night. sunday morning, we packed up and cleaned up and hit the road. we ate at a breakfast buffet with mom and charlie (the others had to leave on saturday), stopped back off to get another pair of jeans for me since the others fit so well (i wear jeans 2-3 times per week to work; some wear them week), and suffered through traffic on the way back to the interstate. we finally got back to L's parents' house around 12:45 which gave L about 45 minutes to spare until the wedding shower for her aforementioned friend, caroline (wedding in 4 weeks). i caught up on e.mail and tried to rest a bit even while jake played hard all over the house. we left around 5 and actually made it back around 7:30 - traffic wasn't bad at all and the 'back way' home is much quicker than going thru lexington - and no ferries are required!.