Cleaning house...

This picture says it all about Miss Avery...like mother like daughter! Avery has to DO EVERYTHING I do 24-7. This girl LOVES to clean! Every time I get out the mop bucket and supplies she always says "I wip up"...translation~ I wipe it up!! I caught her in the cleaning act this morning playing with my rubber gloves. It was too cute of a pic to pass up. I hope she keeps this cleaning stuff up as she goes through her adolescent years. Thanks, sissy for all your help!

MileHigh Camping

MileHigh Campground...6,630 feet~ We were up there! The views were amazing!

Reece found a turtle and named him Walden...the kids kept him for the night in a tote made of leaves and fed him lettuce. It was a tearful morning when Reece let him go back to his family. The turtle sleepover was the highlight of his camping trip!!!

Daddy & Reece on our hike to the waterfall...

Backpack kisses for daddy!

This week Kelly had a few days off so we packed up the kids, hitched up the camper and headed for the mountains. When we pulled into MileHigh Campground we were greeted by the most amazing views the Smoky's have to offer. We are really enjoying spending time in the mountains with the kids. It is so fun to watch them play in the woods gathering sticks for the fire, looking for creatures, and splashing in the streams. Here are a few pictures of our hiking adventures, views from the campsite, and our new friend "Walden" the turtle!

A day at the pool...

Avery going down the slide with Reece right behind her!

Emily, Reece, & Abby...sun was so bright I am lucky I got this pic!

Sissy loved her lifejacket. She was bobbing all over the pool and loved being in the water.

Yesterday was spent with my friend Amy and her darling daughters Emily & Abby! We packed a picinc lunch and all the beach toys and towels we could carry loaded up the cars and headed to the pool at the Y. We spent all day there watching the kids splash, crash, and swim there little hearts out. I don't know who was more tired by the end of the day...the kids or the mommy's!!

We then went back to her house for dinner, bubbles, wine for the moms, and a wagon ride around the neighborhood to top off the night! We had a packed day and enjoyed every minute of it. Thanks Amy!! :)

Kiddy pics...

Here are a few recent pics of the kids being goofy and playing around!

A new SMITH is born....

Please welcome the Carolina Smith's to the bloggin' family! All my friends have been asking me to start a blog forever well...ladies here I am!!! I am excited to give this whole blogging world a go. I am not computer savy at all so this is a GIANT step for me. I am good at reading directions however so that is how I got this far.
The name for this blog was born just a month ago when we purchased a pop-up camper for our family. We are looking forward to spending our summer out and about exploring all the Smokey Mountains have to offer. We are already gearing up for our second trip in two weeks. Look for future posts of the "Happy Campers" very soon!