A new member of the family

 Well we took a very big jump and got a cat...tonight.

We named her Holly.  If you ask Ben, her name is Holly Jake.  Poor guy was bummed when he realized it was ANOTHER girl.  

We've been talking about this for a few months now.  On Monday we went and looked at the cats and decided that we'd go back tonight and get the cat. 

The kids love her.  Josey needs to work on being gentle and grabbing her tail and swinging her so much.  The kids don't quite understand why she wouldn't like to be chased around the house. 

A lovely spring day

Our big haul of candy

 We had our Easter dinner and egg hunt at our house.

It is safe to say, the kids and adults had fun.

 Ally had to climb a tree to get to a few eggs.

 Tahnee and Lilly looking for eggs.

 Trent was helping Josey.

 Ben's obsession with blue carried over to him only wanting to have the blue eggs in his bucket, as well as only picking up blue eggs.

 The best picture I could get of the 5 kids and a small portion of their candy.

 We had great weather and the kids had a blast.

Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies

 Ally, Ben and Josey loved the aquarium from beginning to end.

Lucy though was upset until the last 30 minutes or so.

 Lucy liked this area because there were no fish.

 We were attempting to touch a ray, but were not in such a great spot.

 We finished off the night with Matt and the kids playing in the hot tub.

Lets go fly a kite

 Matt and I picked up 4 kites and we all had a great time flying kites in Cades Cove.

 Ally loved flying her kite.

 This little girl was in such an awful 2 year old mood for about an hour of our kite flying fun.

 Miss Josey had fun running and rolling and playing in the grass.

A fun hike to a waterfall

The kids had fun.  We were all worn out by the end.

Cades Cove

 Lucy loves popcorn.

 We did an egg hunt in the Smokies.  The kids had fun.

 The best picture of the 5 kids. 

 Napping on a hike...wouldn't that be ideal and awesome.

 Lucy had fun feeling the different textures we passed.

A little video of Ben