Well, life got away from me for a minute! I wish I would have blogged during vacation about all the great stuff we did...that way I'd be less likely to forget stuff, but we had super spotty internet connection and it was hard enough to spend 2 seconds on facebook. :)
We went on vacation!! Pigeon Forge, Tennessee is AMAZING! It's so pretty there, so amazing. And it couldn't be MORE military friendly! We got discounts EVERYWHERE!!! We had so much fun with family and with each other. It was just nice. Very nice. Here's a day by day breakdown of our two weeks away from home:
Saturday: Get to Pigeon Forge!!
Sunday: Shopping in downtown, historic Pigeon Forge.
Monday: Ripley's Believe It or Not museum in Gatlinburg and then Ripley's Old MacDonald's Mini-Golf in Pigeon Forge.
Tuesday: WHITEWATER RAFTING!!! And a supremely awesome High Ropes Course. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. :) It was a big kids only trip so we took the boys mining for gemstones and fossils when we got back.
Wednesday: Go karts!!! WOO HOO!! (plus a terrifying experience of a spider crawling in my Mom's ear! Eek!!)
Thursday: Swimming in the pool and a visit to the Sky Bridge! Scary, awesome time!
Friday: Go karts! Again!! WOO HOO!! And then dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe as my Mom had NEVER been to one and really wanted to go. She loved it! Then she hung out with my monkey's while Adam and I shopped downtown Gatlinburg (one of my fave times!).
Saturday: Downtown Pigeon Forge shopping with my Grandma!! and then Old Fashioned Photos!!! Turned out super awesome!
Sunday: Drove to Ohio!
Monday: A visit with Adam's Grandpa for a little while then bowling and dinner with my AMAZING BESTIE Tiff and her wonderful kids.
Tuesday: Waterpark!!!!!!! First we went to a really rad playground, then to a "waterpark" (not amusement park size but it was really great!) with Tiff and the kids! Then went back to in-laws to celebrate my father-in-law's birthday!
Wednesday: Dinner with Adam's Grandpa then a visit with his Granny! Followed up with a trip to Troy to see my brother and one of my nephews!!
Thursday: Adam went to a pipe shop then we had dinner at my Grandma's with my mom, my aunt and uncle, and brother and a few nephews.
Friday: I went thrifting with Adam's lovely Granny and Adam took the boys to a park with his parents. Then we went up to Troy to visit with my family for our last night in Southwest Ohio.
Saturday: Head to my Dad's for a his Homecoming Party! Welcome HOME Dad!! (he was deployed to Afghanistan)
Sunday: A day with Dad and his family!!! Started the drive home, stayed in WV.
Monday: Finished the drive home!! Picked up Buddy from his vacation!! Got home to a hot, hot, hot upstairs because the unit outside wasn't working.
Tuesday: Unpacking. Cleaning.
Wednesday: Air guy comes, can't fix until tomorrow. Dad and family arrive on their way to FLORIDA!!!!
Sigh! Busy, busy, busy!!!!
This weekend, Adam and Adisson are participating in a Father/Son Weekend camping trip. Honestly, I'm just so excited for them to have a chance to connect with each other one on one. The thought of it all just gets me all excited and happy and brings on the tears! :) Meanwhile, I'm planning lots of fun stuff to do with Zander and Jax so no one feels left out. So far I'm thinking, McGhee family (some of us!) movie night with the Lorax, a trip to the Aloha Zoo, and a visit to Fascinate U Children's Museum. I'd like to find one more thing to do and I have an idea....we'll see what works out. :)
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