Happy 1st Birthday, Ethan!!

Can you believe this little cutie is one year old already???? Amazing!

Happy Birthday Ethan!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We've been keeping up this blog for almost a year now, and as I go back through the postings, I realize how important you all are to our family.

Our travels, the visits, and all the correspondence is what keeps us going from one day to the next. We're thankful to be able to share those moments with you.

So, while you're eating your turkey, or watching the parade, or doing whatever traditions you normally follow on Thanksgiving day, know that we're thinking about you and thanking God for the moments we've shared over this past year.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Phone Home

Megan kicked off her Thanksgiving holiday early with a week at Grandma G’s house! It looks like she’s having fun. :)

See pictures of her visit so far: Click Here

Bear Camp 2

The Adirondacks is the original Bear Camp, but while we were in Pigeon Forge this weekend, we stayed at Bear Camp 2! The name fits because we stayed in the American Bear Cabin that was decked out floor to ceiling with bears.

William loved the game-loft. Between the air-hockey, foosball, pool table and arcade games, he requested we stay there all day.

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Casually strolling in shark infested water

While in Tennessee, we took the opportunity to visit other local attractions. One very kid friendly place is the Ripley's Aquarium.

If you are a frequent reader of AtHomeWithTheCunninghams, you may remember an earlier visit to the Ripley's Aquarium in Myrtle Beach.

Well, the one in Gatlinburg was equally interesting and photogenic.

As in Myrtle Beach, there were many Moe's for Megan to look at.

Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede

Picture courtesy of www.dixiestampede.com
Here we are again, putting a few hundred more miles on the van. This time we met Grandma and Grandpa G. in Pigeon Forge TN for a short weekend visit. If you've never been, it's worth it to go at least once. There are lots of attractions in a beautiful mountain setting.

One main attraction is Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede. This dinner show includes cowboys, horses, ice skating, singing, pig and ostrich racing all in a giant dirt arena. You're served a dinner of a whole cornish hen and vegetable soup, however silverware is not allowed! The whole experience was amazing. Both kids loved it. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen Megan clap so much.

The South side won (of course), but it was fun sitting on the North because for the Christmas show, we were on the "North Pole" side of the house. In fact, we were in the front row! The only down-side to that was that when the horses ran by, some dirt was kicked out of the arena and landed on Grandma G's plate!! (ha ha ha ha) Sorry, Mom! That'll always be funny. Our waiter was very responsive and offered a brand new plate.

2 1/2 Years... 65,000 Miles

Our van hit a milestone this weekend. 100,000 miles.

In the past two and a half years we have put over 65,000 miles on this car visiting friends and family. That equals out to and average of 2,200 miles per month.

Thanks for the good times and here's to another 100,000.

BTW, disregard where the speedometer needle is pointing. :)

A Song from William

While bathing the other day, William sang a beloved children's song. I was washing him and rinsing him and humming along before I realized exactly what he was singing...

"Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream...

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

Life is full of screams."

Ha ha ha ha.

Chocolate World

If you've been on the Disney attraction "It's a Small World", then you've been to Chocolate World. Only, remove those cute little kids that represent each nation and replace them with dancing bars of chocolate and reese's cups. The whole experience is a little unnerving (and I suspect more so if you're diabetic), but who can resist riding in a giant hershey kiss through a simulated cocoa factory? Charlie Bucket couldn't, and neither could we!



We survived the tour without spotting any Oompa-Loompas, but Ryan was pulled away to test a new Hershey's product. I don't know how much we're allowed to blog about them, but Ryan's would describe them as: chocolate-covered, crunchy, and infused with a kick that could wake you up in the mornings.

Happy 40th Birthday Uncle Craig!!!!

40 is a big one!!! Enjoy your day - we're all very excited to wish you a Happy Birthday in person soon. :)

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Just the way I like them.. big and hard!

I'm talking about pretzels... (sicko) Lucky for me, the Intercourse Pretzel Factory makes a wide variety of pretzels. Hard, soft, and even chocolate covered!

Ryan and I made some time for Intercourse (umm... that's Intercourse PA - get your minds out of the gutter, people!) on our recent trip to Pennsylvania. The town is in the middle of amish country, which is interesting by itself - but add a pretzel factory that gives free tours and we're there!

Trick or Treat!

The Trick...

The Treats!

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