Has it been THAT long?

This year Richard and I celebrated 15 years of marriage! Sometimes I can't believe it has been that long...which makes me feel really old...but in reality I am not since I got married very young(20 !). That isn't young by Mormon (especially those in UT) standards but the rest of society would scoff at a youngster getting married so young! But...that isn't what this post is about!

We haven't taken a trip by ourselves since Sophia joined our family in 1999. There were many reasons for this but the main one was because we just enjoyed having Sophia and Nate with us...and some anxiety issues the youngest one faced....but not anymore! wahoo!

So we decided to rent a small cabin in Gatlinburg, TN.
Isn't she so cute! It was 1 bedroom with a full kitchen, jacuzzi tub, loft bedroom, washer and dryer, etc. Everything you would need! It was located deep in the woods and away from the city so you really felt like you were secluded.
After a great night sleep we wandered into the city and visited my relatives. We always wondered where Grandma ended up.
And here is Great Uncle Thomas from my mother's cousin's brother-twice removed side. He said to tell everyone 'Howdy". It was overcast and rainy that Saturday so it wasn't so crowded on the streets. We had fun just wandering around the shops and watching other tourists.
After we checked out Sunday we headed over to the Smokey Mountain Visitor Center and picked up a map of the trails. This was what I was looking forward to...hiking some trails! What I didn't take into consideration was that the trails would be on an incline and the humidity would be 100%. It was worth it though! The picture above was taken at the start of our hike...notice the minimal sweat and my shirt is one color. After the first trail I had to change into another shirt because my pistachio green shirt was now a dark-leafy-green color from the sweat!
Whew....for a minute there we thought we had lost the kids....forgot they were staying with HEather.
This is the front porch of our cabin...sure wish blogger let you arrange your pictures after you upload them!!
Sweaty Richard....still cute though!
One good thing about the trails was the scenery. Can you imagine how breath-taking this would be in October! and crowded!

The hike was 1.3 miles but worth it when we got to the top. There was a nice breeze blowing off the falls and it was beautiful. This little kid decided to take full advantage of the freezing water to cool off.

Ahhh....the cute couple!
This was the prize at the top....to put your feet in. We didn't realize how much that would cool you off! It was a great weekend and we hope this is the start of many more weekend get-a-ways ALONE! I am one lucky woman to be married to Richard Villamor!