Road Trip!

Sunday morning the road trip to TN began! Cary, Mark, and Mackenzie followed Mom, me, Nolan, and Collin. Collin and Mackenzie switched a couple of times so they both got to ride with Nolan and Nanny. We left around 7am and had a very unexpectedly (at least for me) smooth trip! We only had to make two stops - one about an hour into the drive for Collin to potty - and another one at lunchtime to eat and gas up.

We ended up getting to the Westgate resort a little before 3pm.....we made good time with a 3-year old, almost 2-year old, and a baby! And I only had to hear the same Silly Songs CD about 12,000 times.....

Ryan, Rhiannon, and the kids were right behind us - they got there around 4pm and we got all the cars unloaded. Brad flew into Indy that afternoon, and Dad stayed back to pick him up. I think he did that on purpose so he wouldn't have to help with the unloading....haha Actually the car they drove was probably just as full as ours! They had to drive through a pretty good rainstorm, but made it to Gatlinburg around 9pm.

The girls all went grocery shopping while we were waiting on Dad and Brad to get there. We left Mark and Ryan to corral all the kids, and they did a pretty good job! Every year we have a deal: Mom and Dad buy all the groceries if each family makes dinner for everyone on a separate night. You have to pick your meal and know what you need to make it. It works out pretty well - you get a variety of recipes and you only have to cook once! We ordered pizza a couple times, and for lunch we usually have leftovers or something easy like sandwiches. It seems like we're constantly eating, but that's what vacation is all about, right??

We decided the next day we wouldn't do anything but relax. We were all ready for that!!