A Valentine's Honeymoon In The Mountains

First of all, I know you're probably thinking, "It's about time" and I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get around to this but here is my blog about our honeymoon.
We started our honeymoon in Pigeon Forge, TN. We stayed in a very nice cabin called, Smokey Safari. It had lots of animal print in it and a red, heart-shaped tub, which we thought was awesome! There was also a game room upstairs that was real nice. I wish we could have been there longer so that we could have used it more than we did.

This is the Smokey Safari.
The red, heart-shaped tub was really cool. We bought bubbles and tea light candles for it. It was really relaxing!

Friday, we went to Gatlinburg for the day. We walked around in some of the shops, road the SkyLift, went to the Ripley Believe It or Not museum and ate lunch at Fanny Farkles. It was a really fun day! That afternoon we drove through the mountains trying to find a waterfall but sadly it got dark and we never made it to the waterfall that day.

This is the picture we took right as we got out of the car in Gatlinburg. We were so excited to be on our honeymoon.

We decided to have some ice cream at the top of the Sky Lift before heading back down. Triple Chocolate Dip Cones are SOOO good!!
Friday night we ate dinner at a place called the Blue Moose in Pigeon Forge. We had the best burgers and the greatest thing of all was that they had WiFi there so Chase got his computer out of the car to check e-mail. When I checked mine we had an awesome surprise from our photographer, our wedding pictures were ready. So we sat in the restaurant for an hour and a half watching the slideshow of our pictures. They are great!!! Check them out!! (The password is williamson12409)

Saturday, we woke up late, got ready and went to find some breakfast. It was kind of a rainy day but we decided to drive around to some waterfalls anyways. We did get to see a few falls and we Also went to Cades Cove in Townsend, TN. We really want to go back there one days when it's sunny and warmer because there is so much we didn't get to see.

This is one of the waterfalls we got to drive up to. It was really pretty! It was called The Sinks. While it's very pretty, it is also very dangerous. People have jumped off and sadly died from hitting the rocks under the water. Chase and I were kinda wet from walking around Cades Cove but we took a picture anyways.

This was the Baptist Church in Cades Cove. It was really old and neat inside.

Saturday was Valentine's and we went to the Dixie Stampede for dinner and the show. We had the greatest time. The show was wonderful and the food was even better. After the show we decided to go play Putt-Putt Golf. Chase was dying to play before we left. It was really fun but we both wish we had picked a better course.

Sunday morning we packed up and drove over to Nashville where we spent the night in the Union Station Hotel. The hotel was AMAZING!!! We got ungraded to a nicer room because it was our honeymoon. It had 30 foot ceilings and a really nice bed.

Sunday afternoon, Chase and I walked around downtown Nashville to some of the shops. We both got new cowboys boots. I actually was able to get 2 new pairs and Chase got one. I'll have to post that picture later when I can find it.
Chase's boots are in the middle and mine are on the sides.

This is the inside of a bar called Layla's that we went into to use the bathroom and sit and listen to the music for a little while. It was pretty cool!

Lastly, on Monday we headed back to Birmingham and on the way I had my eyes open looking for a winery. Chase and I decided that every trip we go on we're going to collect bottles of wine even though we're not big wineo's. In Arrington, TN we found a really awesome winery, Arrington Vineyards, about 15 miles off the interstate. We got to have a tasting and there were lots of really good ones. So Chase picked a white and I picked a raspberry dessert wine.

Sorry this was a long post but thanks for reading.
We had an awesome time!!

Chase & Allison

Life Is Good

Last night Chase and I went up to Buffalo Wild Wings to celebrate St. Patrick's day. So we put on our matching GREEN and headed out. We also had made plans to meet 2 friends we haven't seen our really talked to in a while. It was really great to just hang out and talk. I'm pretty sure we all had a good time.

The green drinks were really pretty cool! I was afraid our teeth would turn green but they didn't.

Ashley and I enjoying our green beverages as well. It was great to be talking and hanging out again. I've missed her a lot! I've said things I shouldn't have and I wish I could take them all back but I'll just have to forgive myself and start over and build our friendship back up again. It's great to have her back in my life.

On a lighter note, Marley LOVES being outside. I can't seem to keep her inside when the sun is shining. Every time she comes inside she gets some water, eats a little and then starts barking and whining to go back outside. ARG!! I wish we had a fenced in backyard, but we don't so I have to keep her on her leash and hook it to the banister of our front porch. Here is a cute picture I took a few minutes ago.

She was tired from running around and needed a water break.

I hope everyone is having a great day!!

McWane Center

Saturday, my Mom and I took my niece, Alyssa to the McWane Center. We all had a really good time, especially Alyssa. We tried to see the IMAX film, Under The Sea but that only lasted about 5 minutes. Alyssa got really scared of how big the screen was so we decided to leave the movie early and just went ahead into Adventure Hall.

Here are a few pictures from our fun afternoon.

They had a really neat little grocery store in the Itsy Bitsy Magic City.

Alyssa was going to put the tire on that car but there were too many other kids trying to do the same thing.

This water-thing was probably her favorite thing at the McWane Center. She got totally soaked! When you put the ball in/on the stream of water it balances on it and "floats" in the air. Really had this 3 year old excited!
She is just so cute, I love her! She calls my Mom, Nona and me, Asilyn. She can't say my name correctly yet but I kinda like Asilyn.

After about an hour and a half we decided it was time to head home.
Guess who was sleepy....

Alyssa was!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!
We hope that everyone is wearing GREEN today so that you don't get pinched.

Giddy Up Y'all!!

A few weekends ago Chase and I went to Montgomery with some friends for the Rodeo. It was surprisingly a lot of fun. We got there a little early and got to walk around and see the cattle and some horses before the Rodeo. It was all pretty cool!

These are some of the pretty horses getting ready to go in for the show.

Emily, Amy, Me, Erin and Angela

These are just 4 of the hundreds of cows that were there for sale. Some of them sell for $13,000. Crazy!!

This is how close our seats were. It was awesome to watch them from that close.

This is me and Erin before the Rodeo started. We had so much fun!! Thanks Erin for putting that weekend together.

Snow Day!

It's snowing on March 1st! How crazy!! Here are a few pictures that I took this morning of the snow and Marley.

The Williamson's

She had snow all over her!

She was running really fast all around the yard.

7:30am

Marley LOVES the snow! We're heading out as a family to play in the snow so hopefully I'll have some more pictures in a little while.
Chase threw a snowball at me and it hit on the top of the head while I was taking this picture.
Happy Snow Day!

One of My Favorite Pictures

I absolutely LOVE this picture! Jessica took it right after Chase and I had seen each other for the first time on Saturday and we were SO happy. Our overwhelming joy is written all over our faces.