We left early one Friday morning in July to go to Gatlinburg to meet other families with the 16p Chromosome Disorder. Your Julz and Gran went with us and Mommy is so thankful! It was a long drive for a short weekend, but was definitely worth it to meet all of the other families! When we got there, we met Amy, Brian, Molly and Nancy for dinner. We all went to Hard Rock Cafe! After dinner, we strolled through Gatlinburg and of course you found something you just couldn't live without at the moment!!!
Who goes to Gatlinburg without buying a pink blow up monkey?!?!
We went down to the conference center later that night to meet some other families! These are some of the cute 16P kiddos we met that night!
The next morning, we went to breakfast at McDonald's and then headed back to the hotel for lunch and a seminar with Dr. Chung!
A group of 16P Moms that made this gathering possible!!!
The Simons VIP team that were able to attend!!!
16P Kiddos!
After the meeting, we went with a few other families to the indoor water park! You had a blast!!! I was glad to do something fun for you since we had been in that meeting in the hotel all day!
You LOVED the lazy river!!!
And the slides were fun too!
You got to play with Brian and McKayla a little while we were there too!!!
We had such a great time at the waterpark playing and visiting with new friends!!!
That night, we walked to dinner and then had an early night in the bed!
The next morning, we went to the Gatlinburg Park to meet and play with the other 16P families!!! We didn't get to stay long because we had such a long drive ahead of us! We did stay long enough for Mommy, Gran and Julz to chat with some other Mom's and for you to play with your new friends!!!
Love this picture of you and Brian and this one of Mommy and her new sweet friend, Amy (Brian's Mommy)!!!
We had such a wonderful time in Gatlinburg and are so thankful that we got to meet all of these awesome new families that are struggling with similar issues, but more than that, are blessed with such special and amazing kiddos!!!
On our way home from Gatlinburg, we stopped in Birmingham and ate dinner with Aunt Keri and her sister, Kristin. It was so good to see them and catch up. I guess I was tired of taking pictures by this point because I didn't take a single one with them! Oh well, maybe next time!!! Thank you Keri and Kristin for meeting us!!!
And a SPECIAL THANK YOU to Julz and Gran for going with us to Gatlinburg! We couldn't have done it without them! They were so much help and you couldn't have been happier being with them!
We've seen each other three times now in the past several months and have taken no pictures! Shame on us!
ReplyDeleteGlad y'all were able to go on this trip and meet these other families.
It was so good to see you guys at dinner that night!! I just love Raylin! She makes me smile!!
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