Forever Moore: Dollywood Family Vacation

We had a wonderful family vacation in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee this summer. The whole Belcher side of the family, my mom and dad, my brother DJ and his wife Holly and three kids, Haley, Katie, and Tyler, my brother James, and my sister Rebekah with her husband Dan and daughter Victoria all met up with us in Tennessee! We did just about everything you could imagine, we went to the aquarium, miniature golf, shopping, Splash Country (Dollywood's water park), and went for 2 days to Dollywood, the amusement park there in Pigeon Forge. It was such a great time with family!

First picture: Haley Belcher, Brady, Katie Belcher, Victoria, and Eli in front of one of the areas where we shopped and went sight-seeing. Since the area is in the Smokey Mountains, they are famous for their black bears and there are pictures and statues of bears everywhere.

Picture 2: Major with a penguin at the aquarium

Picture 3-5: the cousins swimming at the pool near our cabin

Picture 6: Major with sting rays at the aquarium

7: Major swimming

8: Eli, Brady, and Major at the aquarium

9: Brady, Major, Daddy, and Eli with a shark swimming overhead

10: our family at the aquarium. In part of the aquarium you go through this tunnel with fish all around you, including up above you. It was really cool!

11: Major

12: Brady, Major, and Eli petting horseshoe crabs

13: Brady, Major, and Eli in front of the jaws of a massive shark

14: Scuba man Major

15: Scuba man Brady

16: Scuba man Eli

17: Eli, Major, Haley, Brady, and Tyler looking at giant sting rays

18: All of the Belcher cousins: Major, Eli, Tyler, Haley, Victoria in her lap, Katie, and Brady

19: Major exploring

20: Playing corn hole while waiting for dinner. Bill is looking at Major with Eli in the background and Brady in the orange shirt. Victoria is in the striped dress

21: Brady and Rebekah (my sister) vs. Bill and Eli. Papa is cooking on the grill

22: Splash country. I didn't get any pictures in the park because I didn't want my phone or camera to get all wet. So I got a picture of the kiddos when the day was over. Major, Brady, Katie, Eli, Haley, and Tyler

23: Major walking around downtown Gatlinburg. Tyler is behind him.

24: Brady, Major, and Eli with a Lego Man in downtown Gatlinburg

25: The Dixie Stampede! It is a dinner show with horses and buffalo and singing and dancing and all sorts of fun stuff! Here is our family with Papa taking a picture in the background. Brady, Rachel, Major, Bill, and Eli

26: Bill and the boys at the Dixie Stampede

27: Major watching the Dixie Stampede

28: Brady, Eli, and Major from the balcony of our cabin and the Smokey Mountains behind them

29: Our family in Dollywood. Bill, Brady, Eli, Rachel, Major

30: Going on our first ride! Eli, Brady, Major

31: Major loved the car ride because he could drive it himself!

32: Miniature golf! Here are Brady and Eli trying to figure out what their next move will be.

33: Major swinging away

34: Brady and Eli

35: Bill. Always the cool man.

36: Eli

37: Major, Bill, Eli, and Brady ready for the 2nd round! I won the first round by 1 stroke. Then Bill won by 3 strokes on the next 18.

38: Brady bracing himself for a water ride

39: Going on the car ride again. Did I mention Major LOVED it?

40: My boys and I at Dollywood

41: The last time we went to Dollywood, Brady was a year old. We took his picture by Brady's Bridge sitting on Uncle James' shoulders. Now he is 7 and we attempted to recreate that picture.