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Last week Nathan and I made a trip to Memphis to visit with the Goodwins. We enjoyed a relaxing weekend to just hang out with Brittany and TJ plus playing with the kiddos. Sadly enough I didn't even get a picture with Brittany but we got plenty of pictures of her sweet babies!

Fortunately for Nathan, Addison seems to take a liking to boys more so than girls :)

Brittany and Austin

Nathan and Lawson playing with some legos!

Addison and Austin!

Thank you Brittany and TJ for letting us come hang out and stay with ya'll. We had a blast and cannot wait to see your family in May!

Marvelous Martes!

Took this as the sun was about to expire for the day on a recent climbing excursion to Foster Falls on Monteagle Mountain. We seem to really like sunsets.

Chancehold out.

Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

Quick and Easy Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe, or:

[How to Feed The Neighborhood]

I was feeling a little sickly today and we thought some homemade chicken noodle soup sounded good. My mom makes the best chicken noodle soup ever so we called her and got the recipe for it. Next time you need to feed the U.S. Olympic Team just do like we did and head to Sam's Club and buy waaaaay too much of each ingredient and voila! You'll have about 1,200 servings!

What you Need:

50 oz of Canned Chicken Breast in Water

12 oz of Spiral Noodles

12 oz of Dumpling Noodles

100 oz of Chicken Broth

26 oz of Cream of Chicken Soup

About 4-5 Stocks of Celery

2-3 cups Baby Carrots

Will make about 20 servings or more, maybe 50.

How to Concoct:

Fairly thinly slice up your carrots and celery and boil them until tender. Boil your noodles, drain the water off them and throw them back into the largest pot you own. Drain the chicken breast and break the big chunks up with a spoon. Stir in your broth, chicken, vegetables and cream of chicken soup. Add some pepper and any other spices you so desire and you are done!

The olympic team is lined up and ready to feast.

The finished product. Mmm Mmm Good.

Gatlinburg and The Biltmore

So as you all can see from our previous post, Nathan & I took a quick trip to Gatlinburg last week. We are very fortunate that my mom's side of the family shares a cabin in the mountains so we had a place to stay! We got to Gatlinburg late Sunday night (technically early Monday morning) then we woke up on Monday and hiked up Mt. LeConte. It was a perfect day and the hike was surrounded with beautiful scenery.

As you can see there was quite a bit of snow at the top of the mountain, actually a lot of snow! It was a difficult hike but well worth it. Once we got to the top we walked around the lodge a little bit & had a snack, then we raced down the mountain because we were ready for some dinner. That night we went to Apple Barn (one of my all time favorite restaurants) and then played some Putt Putt.

Tuesday morning we woke up & headed towards Asheville for our first ever visit to North Carolina as a married couple. We went to the Biltmore! It was absolutely beautiful & filled with so much history. The entire house was filled with details. I personally loved the Mrs.' bedroom, which was just meant for her to get ready in & rest in. Her & Mr. Vanderbilt did have their own bedroom for the two of them. Anyways her bedroom was purple & yellow & super feminine.Below is a picture that Nathan snapped in front of The Conservatory. Not all of the flowers were in full bloom but there was still so much to see.

In front of the Biltmore! Can you believe it is over 100 years old?