Our last full day on our trip was absolutely beautiful! A great day to get out and let the boys run around in the woods!
The Smokey Mountains have always been a favorite place for us to visit and this trip was no exception. We had a great time and got to do lots of things (and eat lots of good food!). We can't wait until next time!
I'll just go ahead and admit it up front on this post...we took way too many pictures at the petting zoo! Jackson was hilarious with all the animals though. You'd have thought he was meeting some long lost relatives or something! The picture above is his first reaction to meeting a tame deer for the first time...wasn't scared a bit!
Another first...David feeding a camel. I'll have to say that the camels were just kind of gross...way too much slobber!
Checking out the zebra.
Daddy and boys with the miniature horses.
Jackson trying to climb over the fence to see the "zonkey"- you guessed it...combination of a zebra and a donkey. Very interesting.
Jackson was the funniest with the goats. There were probably 50 goats in the pen and he was intimidated bit...just strolled in like he owned the place and even gave one of them a kiss on the lips!
Love this picture! It looks like they're just talking a walk together. I'm sure Jackson's talking to him "So, what are those things on your head anyway?".
Giving another goat a hug.
Another funny one...when all the goats when running over to the fence thinking someone was about to feed them, Jackson ran over there with them like he was part of the herd or something!
Noah with his favorite goat- he affectionately decided to name him "Fred" and promised to come back to visit! 
During spring break, we took a little trip back up to the Smokies. One of the first things we did this time was to go feed some real bears! There's a really cool display set up almost like a zoo behind one of the gift shops where you can see the bears really well and drop some snacks down to them. The boys really enjoyed it.
Daddy and the boys!
Me and the boys with their spelunking (?sp) helmets on at the "rock quarry"!
After feeding the bears and a yummy lunch for ourselves at Alamo Steakhouse, we headed up in the mountains to check out the snow that remained. There was lots! In some places it was piled about a foot high. Noah had a ball getting out and running around in it.
As much as Noah loved it, Jackson wasn't so sure. It was a little packed down and slick in places. He was a little afraid of falling I think!
That's probably the most snow and ice we've ever seen up there...you can see all the huge iceicles hanging behind us. It was very pretty!
Here's our "Little Boy David" all dressed up in his outfit put together by me and MawMaw! Noah was so proud of it...he wanted to look like the little boy David pictured in the Beginner's Bible. We got it as close as we could and he was pretty happy with it!
Jackson decided Noah actually needed a little spotlight for the occasion!
And of course, Jackson needed to stand up and say cheese just like Noah did. He's a little copycat for sure.
The kindergarteners spent all week working on Bible times things...a house, a well, pottery, scrolls, etc.
"Little Boy David" with "Queen Esther" a.k.a. Whitney Cook!
When they came to the lunchroom for the Bible times feast, they sang a few of their favorite Bible songs. Here's little boy David with some friends...Elijah, King David, and Methusalah!
This week is "Bible Times" week in kindergarten at ABS. They're learning about houses, clothing, food, etc. from Bible times. Today they got to make their very own unleavened bread! I volunteered to help out, so me and 5 little boys got to make bread together.
I didn't know what to expect from a project like this, but they really did very well and followed instructions. Our bread wouldn't win any awards for looks, but hopefully turned out tasting ok...they were supposed to eat some at lunch, so we'll find out how it was. 
Noah decided to make his own bubble bath the other night by dumping out most of the bottle of soap when I wasn't looking. I wasn't real happy about that, but he did such a good job making his mohawk I couldn't fuss at him too much!
Jackson had fun in the bubbles, too...you can see the remnants of supper still on his face!
The Bowman Brothers! 
So Jackson found Noah's old cowboy boots the other day and decided it was time to be a cowboy again! They are still a little big on him, but he loved wearing them. He looked too cute!
He let out a good "Hee-Haw!" while riding his horse.
Then he decided it was time to take a picture of mommy taking his picture.
He had a little trouble climbing up to slide in them, but he made it!
