Our First Family Vacation of 6!

This morning we left at 9:00 am for Nashville, TN. I am not so sure of how this trip will go. This is the first time that we are driving with the kids in the car for this amount of time. This could be a great trip or a nightmare.

Everything was great for the first 3 hours...

then we hit a traffic jam! The boys are telling us that they are hungry and Hailey is starting to scream! We finally get out of the traffic jam, 30 min later, and Hailey has fallen asleep. We stop off at McDonalds, of course, for lunch and to let the kids run around and play. Thank goodness that the McDonalds that we stopped off has a playground set.

2:00 - Back on the road again! Hailey is not happy to be back in her seat again. As we are going through Cinncinati we have to go through the long tunnel wiht lights and Spencer calls over to Tyler "Hey Tyler, look at this pretty place!" I just started to laugh. Jason says "Did he just call this place 'pretty'? It's great sometimes when the kids det to see things for the first time and to hear their comments and to see their reactions!

3:00 - Nap Time - This was a nice part of the trip. I don't have to entertain anyone anymore!

Well, we are almost here. I am surprised as to how well everything is going. The 3 boys are watching movies and Tyler is multitasking and playing his DS. I can't believe the batteries haven't died yet. Hailey and I played catch with the little soccer ball. We are going to meet up with our friend Matt for dinner. It's funny, but coming down here almost feels like we are coming home!

As we are pulling off the exit Spencer asks "Are we in TN?", "Yes Spencer, we are in TN". Then Spencer says "Look it's TN! It even has a gas station, Car Wash, Shopping Stores and a Wendy's. It even has a post office." I am not sure but I think that he thinks we are in a different country.

It was great to be able to see Matt again and to catch up with him. The kids even had a great time with Matt.

We let the kids run around the parking lot for awhile to stretch their legs. Spencer looked at Tyler and said "let's roll down the hill". So Hunter and Tyler laid down to roll down the hill. Matt pipes up and says "how about we roll down a hill that DOESN'T end up in a 4 lane road. Thanks Matt for watching out for our kids!

After dinner we had to run to Toys R Us because I left Cate's present hat home. The kids are all quiet and ready for bed...to bad we aren't at Angela's mom's house yet. It's been a very long day but the kids did great. I am so pround of them!!!