Luke's 5th Birthday

Luke chose to celebrate his birthday at the lake again. He really loves going to visit his grandparents at the lake!

Daddy drew the Transformer on the cake!

Kiera loves Luke's new toys!

Old McDonald

"Old McDonald Had a Farm: is Gabe's favorite song right now and he's pretty good at singing it! I need to get a video of Kiera trying to join in, but for now I just have Gabe. Only it won't let me upload a video :(.

Last Stop: Museum of Life and Science

We had reciprocal membership to this museum so we decided to check it out. We loved it! There were plenty of things to investigate outside (in the heat) and indoors (where we could cool off).

Mommy and Kiera

A life sized dinosaur to climb on (plus many others just for looking).

Daddy loved the dinosaurs too!

Mommy and Gabe

Luke Turns 5

Luke turned 5 while we were still on vacation so we opened a couple of gifts and visited the aquarium to celebrate! The party comes later...

This is as close as we've ever been to an alligator! It was awesome!

Amusement Park

There was a small amusement park down the street that we visited one night. The boys LOVED riding on the rides!

The Beach

Kiera loved the sand (mostly eating it). Gabe refused to walk on it without socks and shoes. Luke loved everything!

Clingman's Dome

Our next stop was Clingman's Dome in the Smoky Mountains. Of course, we had to walk on the Appalachian Trail while we were there!

Definite "dad" moment:

The result:

Rock climbing was a great release for all that pent up energy!

Cumberland Waterfall

Our first stop along our 12 hour journey to the beach was the Cumberland Waterfall in KY. The boys loved checking it out!

Seriously, aren't they just adorable together!

Kiera enjoyed herself too!

Stay tuned for the next stop.