Hello Dolly

I know you have all been waiting anxiously to hear about our trip to Dollywood. Rather than bore you with my writing... let's just get to what you all want, a story told through pics

Look out.... Anna has control of the car!

Anna and I rode most rides together.... here we are enjoying a few.

Here is what it looks like to try to feed our crew. Do you notice where Liam is? Oh, not in the picture... that's because he hates feeding time and he took off to watch another ride.


This is where I found Liam... watching the Elephant ride. He proceeded to say "ride elephant, ride elephant" for the next 15mins. Until we literally were climbing into the elephant and he FREAKED out and I had to remove him from ride clawing me and screaming. I know people were looking at me in that disapproving look of, why did that woman try to make that poor little boy go on that ride, he obviously does not want to go.

While I was torturing Liam with the elephant ride, Anthony convinced Granddaddy and Pol to take a ride on a spinning wheel that would have made me throw up.

Awe... Liam found a few rides that made him smile... ducky and bubblebees

I love this picture. It's such a family picture. Liam is concentrated on driving and Anna looks like she is telling Josh what to do.

so cute...

Waiting on the big black train to get ready to steam away.

Liam getting interviewed before the train ride.

Liam explaining telling granddaddy that 3 bowls of ice cream is not a proper lunch.

Here's the deal with the train. The ENTIRE day Liam would see this train going around Dollywood and he would yell he wanted to ride the train. He told us repeatedly about how he wanted to "ride the train". Finally at the end of the day we get on the train. You can barely keep Liam down he is so excited. THEN.... the whistle blows. It was LOUD. I mean LOUD. Liam - in Liam way - FREAKED - he clawed his way into my lap and held on as tight as he could. Then started yelling BYE BYE TRAIN (code: Liam wants to be done). We tell him he is stuck on the train because it's in motion. Finally his grip lessoned a little but he would not sit back in the seat. He did not enjoy his first real train ride. He would rather stick to the kiddy trains... not nearly as loud.

Liam rode these the most.... the cars!! He started and ended with them. Pretty sure Pol went around this track like 10 times.


just like the good old days....

Bye Bye Dolly... we had a great time!