MAYLIN2007

I am going back in time again to post about our great vacation this summer! It does go along with my last post because once again, I over came my fear. The kids really wanted to experience the Smokey Mountains. So, what better way to do that than zip line through the trees that fill those mountains? We didn't think any thing could be better than that! I was fearful. Of course, I was. It involved heights. Maylin was excited until she started to feel my fear. I decided right there that I had to do it. I couldn't not let her grow up being afraid of things just because of me. I was shaking in my boots, but I did my best to hold it in for her and you know what? It wasn't so bad! It was actually pretty dang fun. The rest of the family loved it and couldn't figure out why I would be chicken. Maylin rode tandum, but on one line she wanted to go by herself! She had a blast. I am so glad we did this and I am so glad I did it with my family rather than sit out like I usually do...

Mom this is for you: http://austinmission.blogspot.com/ I love to do fun, amazing things with my kids during the summer. We have pretty much seen our state and our city, or so I thought. Last night, while on FB, one of my friends posted their adventure to the Alpine Water Slide. That was my clue that I had missed a hidden gem. I Googled it and found a great blog on the area. It gave advice and directions! So today, we loaded up. Luckily we have our cousins here from Texas so they were able to go on the adventure too. We even took Bailey the Dog. We drove 20 minutes. Found the No Trespassing sign......went under the gate, hey people no judging it is on public land you just have to go on private land for a bit.....and there were like 50 other people doing the same thing. It was a mile hike. Then we found the most incredible God made water slide down the mountain. It was awesome. The granite rocks were so smooth and so slick! Alex was the first to go down, of course. I...