Blessed Beyond Measure

Blessed beyond Measure was the name of the cabin that the girls went to this weekend. It definitely describes the way I feel about my friendship with these four amazing women. Even though I still feel like we are girls living in Elam together or our apartment, we thirty-somethings are women now (I guess!). We have been planning our weekend getaway to Gatlinburg for awhile and were super excited to have lots of time together. It never ceases to amaze me how 3 or 4 hours at dinner with these girls can seem like 15 minutes. There is never a lack of conservation, fun, and laughter. There may even be tears, which is always okay with the group. We left Nashville on Friday afternoon and headed to Gatlinburg.
Here we are...ready for our drive. Our chauffeur for the weekend was Amy. She and her van deserve a huge shout out for getting us up and down the mountain each day. Our cabin was definitely in the Smoky Mountains.

Jennifer, Melissa, and Mandy

After checking into our cabin on Friday night, we headed to Gatlinburg for dinner at the Park Grill.

On Saturday we did some shopping at the outlet malls. It was nice to be able to try on clothes and get HONEST opinions from my friends. Several of us loved the same things, so we may be matching next time we get together. After some shopping, we headed to the Apple Barn Farmhouse Restaurant for some comfort food. YUMMY! It was delicious:) After a couple more shopping stops, we headed back to the cabin. That night we surprised Jennifer with cake and candles (her birthday was Sunday). We spent some time in the hot tub on Saturday night, which was relaxing.

On our way home on Sunday, we stopped at the Old Mill Restaurant in Pigeon Forge for lunch...more yummy comfort food. We then hit the road to Nashville and encountered some heavy traffic. We all enjoyed being together and having fun! The next trip is with all the kids (or most of them) in the summer to Holiday World. That should be very interesting!!