Balle

Balle

Thursday, December 31, 2020

December

*Dec 1st- ornaments: Dog for Ivan. Hopper/Stranger things for Jack. Bird for Emery. Belle for Kate
*Early December my cousin Holly's daughter performed the nut cracker ballet in Midway. 
*Koda's Christmas snuggles
*We did the 12 days of Christmas for a family and on the 12th day they left us a humongous gift basket.
*My mom gave Kate the baby buggy I got when I was about her age.
*Christmas and New Years celebration.



































 

Monday, December 14, 2020

Dolly Wood in Tennessee

 I toot a trip to Tennessee to see Dolly Wood with 3 of my high school girlfriends- Brittany Lyman Lotts, Mindy Hanzon Tuikolovatu and Tara Talbot Lee. What a pretty state and they are very proud of their very own Dolly Parton. My friends are funny and the trip was a great get away. We were a little bit upset when we got into the park and the museum with all of Dolly's belongings was closed because of covid. Her tour bus was also closed. Very disappointing. The whole reason I wanted to go there.  We tried to complain and get our money back. They just gave us a raincheck. Oh well. We found a ride we liked and the park was fun to wander especially with the lights at dark. We also drove into North Carolina for a tour of the Biltmore Mansion. Amazing. 

Next morning, breakfast on our way to Dollywood

train from our car to the DollyWood entrance

We have entered the park

1st stop- show

Replica of the house Dolly Grew up in

Train ride 

Famous Cinnamon bread

stop to breath

The Museum and tour bus with all of Dolly's treasures that I so desperately wanted to see

trying to make them understand our disappointment and their error in not addressing the closure on their website

evening lights

Ate ate Paula Deen's

The next morning- my birthday. How nice of my nice friends to decorate!!

 Headed to the Biltmore Mansion in North Carolina











































and the rest, not really in the right order, but we walked around Knoxville on a scavenger hunt to find all 7 or 8 famous murals.

























I should really blog about these things when they happen rather than a year and 1/2 later. Then I can give some fun detail! It was really fun to be on a trip with friends.