Happy 7th Birthday Peyton!
We know it's a few days early (his birthday is on the 20th), but we had a early celebration for the cutest 7 year old EVER! We figured since we were in a nice cabin and Grandma and Grampa were with us, and we were going to Dollywood, it was the perfect time to celebrate a birthday! So Peyton and I made a cake and Peyton decorated it all by himself (except I helped with the writing). We went out and bought Peyton a few presents, wrapped them up, put up some decorations, put on some party hats and had ourselves quite a fun 7 year old party!
Peyton blew out the candles in 1 huge breath (with the help of 3 more small breaths).
Grandma and Grandpa bought Peyton Legos, Magnatex and a CD of songs all about Peyton.
Even Peytons new duckling gets a party hat!
Sterling decided he was Unicorn Man and was being quite a camera ham!
My mom was quite sick but made it to the party (actually, me and my dad have also been really sick. We have some sort of flu that gets in your throat and chest. Mom went to an urgent care and got meds. Dad and I are toughing it out. Mom and I have completely lost our voices. Dave and Dad think its pretty nice that us loud girls can't chat.)
We got Peyton a talking parrot toy, a plastic bat and ball, Star Wars lightsabers, a small puzzle and this nail art thing.
What a bunch of goof balls!
This body less guy was hanging around downtown Gatlinburg.
Peyton and grandpa at Dollywood!
My sick mom was staying cozy in front of Blazing Fury. This is an inside roller coaster that is pretty tame. It is fun to look around at all the fire related activities.
This roller coaster is called Tennessee Tornado. It has a few upside down loops and is very fast. The cool thing about this coaster is that it has a built in camera in the back of each seat. So it films your reactions to every drop and turn. The boys figured this out and came up with a comic routine whiel on the coaster. It was quite entertaining to watch...even the lady selling the video was amused.
This ride was called River Battle! This ride was a blast. The people in the boat each have a squirt gun that can shoot water. You can shoot at targets, other passing boats or at people on the shore. The fun thing is the people on the shore also have squirt guns that can squirt at the boats. It becomes quite the water battle and both parties end up very wet.
I learned the hard way that if you hit a target it squirts back at you. Dave hit this target and this huge stream of water hit me in the face.
How cute! Love birds!
The almost 7 year old baby bird learning to fly out of the nest!
Mamma and her baby birdies!
This car brought back memories for my dad! Well, actually I have no idea if it did or didn't but it sounds good!
Since the shower in the RV is pretty small, Dave and I decided to take advantage of this 25 cent outdoor public shower ;-)
My mom and Dad thought a shower was a good idea as well.
We forgot to tell Tanner that clothes were not optional.
Mom and I wandered through a few stores while we were in Dollywood. Notice who is taller :-) My mom thinks she is quite tall with her spring shoes on. 
I love this picture. You can tell the birthday boy and
his older brother are having a blast!
Me and Sterling
Birthday boy and his new duckling. He won duckling in a duck game.
Dollywood houses more unreleaseable Bald Eagles than anywhere else in the US. We went to a bird show and met this one winged eagle. We love eagles!!!! I was so excited to see this eagle close up and I took a bunch of pictures of him. This one is my favorite pic. I like the way the eagle cocked his neck to the side.
A rare picture of the whole family.
My dad felt right at home in this classic car. My dad owns a 1950 plymouth named "Grumpy" (named after his dad that I lovingly called GRUMPY). 
My mom took the opportunity to be the driver (she is use to being the passenger in Grumpy).
I think this is a great picture. The funny thing was trying to get my mom out of the car after we took the picture. Another thing I must mention is that Pigeon Forge had a huge car show while we were there. My dad had a such a great time walking up and down the street looking at all the cars.
Dave and I in front of the rapid ride.
My kids are huge hams when it comes to pictures.
The kids went on this a few times. They found a way to tweak the ride to go up and down really fast so they could get some air.
This was the kids ALL TIME favorite ride. I have to say Dave and I agree. This ride was insane! I can't even begin to explain it, you have to experience it to understand it. I think the boys went on it 5 or 6 times and would have gone on it another 50 if time would have permitted.
All I can say once again is "who knows why Sterling does what Sterling does!" If you can not tell by the picture, Sterling is laying down in the water spout play area on a water spout getting soaked, and NO it was not hot out.
This is a picture of the whole family after a great day at Dollywood!
P.S. - The 20th of September is Peytons actual birthday. Please POST A COMMENT and Wish Him a Happy Birthday! He really misses his friends and family and would really love to hear from everyone on his special day!
