Ober Gatlinburg

So I've been showing you some of the stuff we did while we were in the Pigeon Forge area.  But I'd be remiss, REMISS people, if'n I didn't tell y'all my kids FAVORITE thing they did while we were there. 

While I was off at the Fuse Women's Advance, Lazy Dad drove the kids the short distance to Gatlinburg and had a slam-bam day at Ober Gatlinburg. AKA, land of fun.

There is so much to do at Ober Gatlinburg (Lazy Dad and I went there on our honeymoon), but I had forgotten how much there was until I saw all the pictures Lazy Dad took. 

First you have to take a tramway up to the funness.  Which sort of freaked my daughter out a little.  Just check out that little worried face of hers....

But that face soon changed to sheer joy.

And so did this child's.

And so did this child's.

I love his face in this picture.  Like he's aiming to hit the child in front of him. 

Like I said, there's so much to do at Ober Gatlinburg. There's train rides.

There's putt-putt.

There's an Alpine Slide.

But probably my kids' FAVORITE thing they did that they talked about non-stop?  Ice skating. They had never done it before and they loved it. 

But that's not all people!  There's more!

And THEN, when you think you've done it all, there's a ski lift up to a gorgeous view!

Seriously, our kids had the best most funnest time at Ober Gatlinburg!  You should definitely check it out if you're in the area!

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Disclosure: Ober Gatlinburg gave us free passes to all the fun, but all opinions expressed are my own.

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Everybody Stampede!

So while we were in the Smoky Mountains (thanks Lazy Dad for correcting my earlier misspellings of it) we took the kids to the Dixie Stampede.

Raise your hand if you've been to it.

Isn't it just too much fun?

We hoop'd and hollar'd and ate and ate and ate.  Let's just say I'm glad to be home and back on my Slim-Fast 3-2-1 Plan! Momma done ate and needs to reverse the damage!

But seriously, how can you NOT eat and eat and eat there?  They give you SO much food.  And I don't know about you, but the Dixie Stampede's chicken is literally the best chicken I have EVER had EVER.  This makes my third time going to the Dixie Stampede (but my kids' first) and every time we go I ask them if they'll give me the recipe for the chicken.  And one of these days I'm gonna get it, by golly!

Anyway, my daughter loves horses.  So we made sure to walk by the stables on our way in to the building.

After I took this picture the horse in the stall realized what was going on and came over and literally posed for me as I took another picture.

I'm serious y'all!  The horse stood there posed for me till I took a picture of him (or her... we didn't get that close).  I kept saying to Lazy Dad, who was walking away from me, "I think this horse is posing for me. Hey! Look! This horse is posing for me to take a picture!"  But he just kept walking away from me.  *Men!*

And I don't doubt the horse was posing.  They are show horses after all!

Before we walked in my girl took a picture with a pretty Southern Belle.  I couldn't get the boys to go near her.

Once inside we walked through the "saloon" and hunted down a place to watch the pre-show.  I say "saloon" because this is a family-friendly place and they don't serve alcohol, in case you are wondering.

We decided to sit up in the balcony and Lazy Dad got us some popcorn and peanuts to munch on as we waited for the pre-show to start.

My daughter was cute, she said, "Mom! I think I know why they call it a RE-show. Because they RE-show something they've already done!"

I said, "It's not a RE-show baby, it's a PRE-show, but good thinking!"

The pre-show was very entertaining.  The talent of these performers was mind blowing.  Especially the three-time banjo champion on the right.  Wowie!

After the pre-show we were seated for the main show.  You aren't allowed to take pictures in there, but I did snap these two pictures with my cell phone before the show began.

Oh, and did I mention you eat your food with your hands?  So be sure and wash 'em! 

The show is fun, the food is fantastic (and just keeps coming), the service is friendly and impeccable... I highly recommend the Dixie Stampede.  And, I should mention, it's the Dixie Stampede's 25th Anniversary this year and you can find them in three locations... Pigeon Forge, Branson and Myrtle Beach.

The only down side is that it is very pricey just like any attraction is.  But if you save up for it and are near one of their shows, you should totally go!

After the show you can walk back by the stables and meet some of the performers.  Here's my kids with the show's Master of Ceremonies.  He even signed their cups.

Have you been to the Dixie Stampede?

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Disclosure: The Dixie Stampede gave us a reduced rate for the price of the tickets, but nothing else was received and all opinions expressed are my own.

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Sugar Maple Cabins {And Condos}

You know what's fun? 

Staying in a nice new condo in Pigeon Forge Tennessee, that's what.

Thanks to Sugar Maple Cabins, who come to find out, not only rents cabins in the surrounding Smoky Mountain area, but also rents condos if you want to stay closer to the action, we had a beautiful place to stay right near all the Pigeon Forge fun!

When we walked in everything was so nice and new and clean!  In other words, it was a lazy mom's paradise.

There were three bedrooms and two full bathrooms.  But the highlight of this condo was that each bedroom had it's own TV.  We only have one TV in our house, so this was practically paradise to my children.  As soon as we settled in they each plopped down in their respective rooms and savored their new found freedom.  Even though they watched the same exact thing on their TV's, they refused to watch it anywhere else but in their own rooms.  They were in hog heaven people.  TV hog heaven.

Lazy Dad plopped down in the living room to watch what he wanted to as well, so that left me with the king sized bed in the master bedroom and a TV all my own too. 

Nothing says family togetherness like four TV's in a nice clean new condo and everyone in their own rooms watching it, now does it?

You know what else my kids were in hog heaven over? 

This.

Not the toilet... the big jacuzzi tub.  Since the condo's pool wasn't open for the season yet, they put on their goggles and took turns "swimming" in the big bathtub every. single. night.

My kids have never been so clean.

In fact, the bathtub was in such high demand I never even got to step foot in it.  I was relegated to the shower.  But it wasn't too bad.  I mean, it's nice and new and clean and beautiful and all.

So if you're looking for a place to stay in Pigeon Forge, definitely consider renting through Sugar Maple Cabins.  Whether you want a cabin away from it all or a condo down by all the fun attractions, they can hook you up!  

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Disclosure: A BIG thank you to Sugar Maple Cabins for the complimentary condo stay! All opinions expressed are my own.

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Close to Heaven

If it were possible to physically touch heaven, I think I was the closest I've ever been this weekend.

This was literally my view while I was in the Smoky Mountains at Fuse Women's Advance. 

Isn't it breath taking? (Even though these pictures don't come close to doing the view justice.)

My family and I trekked to the Smoky Mountains for two reasons... to see some dear sweet friends of ours from Bible College and speak to the amazing women from their church (Fuse Church) at their annual retreat.

I absolutely fell in love with these women!  I was so, so, so, SO blessed to be able to meet each one and pray with them, and cry with them, and share my heart with them.  Wow.  I'm pretty sure we all touched heaven this weekend.

If you ever need a retreat place in the Smoky Mountains I highly recommend Eagle Rock Camp and Retreat Center.  It was fabulous.

Each room had a door leading out the porch.  This was my favorite place to sit and bask in the amazing mountain view.

While I was busy gazing at this view, my family was back in Pigeon Forge having fun staying at a Condo through Sugar Maple Cabin rentals.  I'll post pictures of that tomorrow.  As soon as I find my camera.   It's AWOL. 

Until then I'll just leave you with this view, mkay? *sigh*

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I Spy Something... Purple!

I spy with my little eye... something purple!

I snapped this picture of my girl wearing her school color of purple earlier this week.

Speaking of school colors... how about a shout out to my hometown peeps in Nacogdoches! Axe 'em Jacks!! (When I'm homesick I wear this shirt.)

And then there's my daughter's room.  That I lovingly painted purple when she was a toddler and then she informed me that she would have rather had a pink room. (Sorry I didn't make the bed for you.)

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I Spy Something... Pink!

I spy with my little eye... something pink!

This little gizmo sits on the ledge of one of our windows and when the sun is out the flower rocks back and forth.  It makes me smile.  And it's pink.

But I also had to post one of my favorite pictures of my daughter.

I just love the big pink flower in her hair!


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I Spy Something... Orange!

I spy with my little eye... something orange!

This little guy is a part of our discipleship process at our church.  You'll just have to be left hanging on what the first two steps are!


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3-2-1 Day! {Giveaway}

So this week we're playing an I Spy game here on I'm a Lazy Mom. And in celebration of all the colors we're spying, I thought it might be fun to celebrate the date 3/21 with a fun Slim-Fast 3-2-1 giveaway!

Get it?

3/21... 3-2-1?

Please tell me you get it.

Anyway! When I went to the Slim-Fast Studio Wow event in New York City in January I got a fabulous scarf picked out for me by Jacqui Stafford.  You may have seen me in it?

Isn't it all fabulous and stuff?  It's my favorite scarf.

And check out all the fun colors Jacqui let us play with that day! 

So!  Today I'm spying lots of colors and celebrating Slim-Fast's 3-2-1 plan by giving away one of these fun scarves to one of you!

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I Spy Something... Green!

I spy with my little eye... something green!

It's our house that we lovingly refer to as the Monopoly house. And it's got a whole lot of green going on!

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I Spy Something... Blue!

If you haven't played my I Spy game with me yet, hop to it!  Sunday was red, Monday was yellow! And you don't have to have a blog to play, just upload a picture from your computer or link to a picture on pinterest if you want!

Today?

I spy with my little eye something blue behind those clouds!

*sigh* I just love blue skies!

I also spy with my little eye... my blue coat that I haven't had to wear because of those warm blue skies (and I spy a blue tarp in the yard).

And I spy up on my kitchen shelf...

Our blue boo bunny.  Do you have a boo bunny?  My kids loved our boo bunny which holds a plastic ice cube in it for "boo-boos."

But alas, my kids have gotten a bit "old" for it.  My 7 year old daughter is the only one who still wants to use it.  *sniff*


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I Spy Something... Yellow!

So yesterday I started an I Spy game with you.  Mostly because I needed to put my blog posts on auto-pilot this week due to a busy week.  So be sure and upload a picture (or link to a picture on your blog or Pinterest or wherever) in yesterday's game when I spied something red! 

Today, I spy with my little eye, something yellow....

Daffodils!  In MARCH! 

People, daffodils don't bloom in March in these parts.  It's been so much fun having a warm winter this year and these pretty daffodils in my neighbors yard are a nice reminder of that.

And look what else is blooming around our neighborhood.

I have no ideas what these bushes are called, but they make me smile seeing them bloom in MARCH as well!

PLAY WITH ME!


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