On Our Own

Randy and Diana left this morning, so we are officially on our own! I had to wake the kids up to say goodbye and this is what I found:

What lazies! I don't know how I'm ever going to get them up for school in a few weeks. They love their sleep! It feels different now that Randy and Diana have left. It feels more like we have really moved!

Janae and I spent most of the day picking up things in Sevierville. We bought things to start a curtain project tomorrow. I hope they turn out so I can show you! 😁 I was also able to get some clearanced out plants for my deck. I'm really excited to decorate it, but it's not a priority right now.

When we got home, Isaac and his workers were there, but I'm not even sure what they were doing. I went straight to sleep and when I woke up they were gone. My sleep pattern is so messed up! I haven't been going to sleep until around 2, then I wake up early, and then I need a nap! I'm going to try and fix that tonight and go to bed early because I have been pretty worthless in the afternoons and I feel really bad about that!

One of the benefits of living in Sevier county is that residents often get some pretty nice discounts on things. This week we could go to any of the Ripley's attractions for just $5 apiece. Since we have been so busy, we haven't been able to take advantage of that offer until tonight. We decided to walk down to the Ripley's Aquarium tonight. 

 Here's what our house looks like from down below. It's very well hidden!

 The aquarium is really pretty on the outside. It's one of the first things you see when you are driving into Gatlinburg. I figured that it would have cost us $111 if we had paid full price, so we really got a great deal!

 Here's some pictures of us just hanging out inside the aquarium. It was nice and cool in there after the hot walk there! It's only a fifteen minute walk from our house but man was it hot and humid today!

 This was a cool tube thing you could get inside of. The kids had a blast taking photos inside it. 

 And for tonight's finale is my favorite selfie of the day. 😂😂😂

We decided that we would have felt ripped off if we had paid full price for the tickets, as there was only about two hours worth of things to look at, but for $25, it was a great break from working on the house.