Wilderness of the Smokies

It's snowing outside and look at us!

Beach Family FUN

Off to Florida.

Beach.

Family.

Friends.

Thank you Allegiant Air for $19 tickets!!!

We loved visiting with Aunt Trudy!

Great Pop! His name says it all!!

Great Gram and her dogs. We love you Gram!!

Kristin, Roy, and Kayla with Sherry and Michael

Silly Dad!

Mom-Mom with Katey

Me, Mom, and Sherry

Out to eat crab's with Cindy!

Me with Cindy and Auntie!

Having fun in the pool with Ashley and Andrew Nelson.

Ashley, Kristin, Cindy, and sweet baby Josh.

Playing in the sand with Ashley.

Cousins! Ashley and Andrew

Treats on the Beach with the whole gang!

Kayla loves her Nanny!

Chicken Fights!

Daddy and Kayla having a "Sand Fight"

Kayla with Mom-Mom

Nate and Courtney

Mom-Mom, Nate, and Courtney

We had a great visit ~ Many good memories!

Vella Family Beach Vacation 2009

Kayla Age 6

Nate age 7 (almost 8)

We really enjoyed riding the beach in these cars! It was a Blast!

Mommy and Daddy

The girls went on a "hunt for shells" Aunt Nancy, Mom, Ashley, Kayla, Kristin, and Ashley's Friend. This beach has so many shells, we all filled our buckets!

Kayla is my little "shell hunter". It is her FAVORITE thing to do!!!

Playing in the sand with Daddy and Cousin Andrew

Enjoying the Waves! They could play here for HOURS!!!!

We found this already made and thought we should take a picture next to it since it was so cool.

Kayla loves to pose!

Gatlinburg Snow & Waterpark

Ober, Gatlinburg ~ Dad came to go snow boarding and were going to go tubing...when we got there tubing was closed. We were sad at first but ended up having more fun just playing in the snow. When we were done we went and had hot chocolate and warmed up by the fire. It was a great night.

Then back to our hotel. Wilderness of the Smokies ~ with an indoor water park.

It was snowing outside and we were swimming!!

Roy body surfing

Nate body surfing

The Wave Pool

Kayla and Mommy on the Slide

The whole family in the hot tub.

This is what the slides look like from the outside of the hotel.

The best part about this trip was that is was totally unplanned, spur of the moment. School was closed for a snow day and we packed our bags. Live life to the fullest!