Nashville Trip

Well, we made it through one long trip! It was fun, the kids did great travelling, but it's nice to be home. We left last Wednesday morning at 3:30 and drove until about 6:30 that evening. We stopped outside Indianapolis for the night. When we got to the hotel we grabbed a bite to eat, went swimming for a while and then went to bed. The next morning we didn't leave until about 9:30 and went to Lexington so Michael could drop off the truck and trailer and jump in the car with us. We got to Nashville around 6pm and met at my Grandpa's house. My parents and Sam and his family all came too. We visited there for a few minutes and then went to Cracker Barrel for supper. After that we went to the hotel and went to bed.

The next day we went to Lewisburg to visit my uncle. Mom and Sam and his family came too. We had a bbq and the kids played all over the farm. Uncle Kenneth sprayed them with water, then it started raining so they all played in the rain. After it stopped, he took them for a wagon ride with the tractor. They all had fun. Makenna did get motion sick and threw up but she still had fun. The kids were all flithy so we took them to the hotel and went swimming. They had a blast. Sam's kids were there. They have a girl that is between Maddi and Makenna. She and Makenna became very good friends. Then they have a boy that is just younger than Zane, one that is between Dillon and Zeke and one that is Olivia's age. So 10 little kids in the pool together - we ended up getting the pool all to ourselves! I wonder why.

Saturday we went to see my grandma in the nursing home. The reisdents loved having all the kids running around. I think they sat in everyone's lap. One lady sang for us, one was a school teacher, one had a sucker that the little kids really wanted a lick of. It was a lot of fun. After that we went to the big Cantrell reunion. My other brother Stephen and his family came to that along with the rest of us, so there were 13 little cousins running around together. They had a blast playing with the bubbles, balls and dirt. Maddi played ball with the big kids and did really well. She did get hit in the head with the ball. She was running to third base and someone from first base threw it and it hit her in the side of the head. Luckily hse had on a baseball cap and that provided some padding. She didn't cry and went right back out to play. We stayed there until dark, went back to the hotel and I took the 4 oldest swimming.

Sunday morning we went to church with my grandpa. We added 21 people to their congregation. Then we all ate lunch together and Michael and I loaded up the kids and headed back to kentucky. We drove until about 1:30 Monday morning and then stopped for the night. We left Monday morning around 8:30 and got home at 10:30 Monday night. We were tired and some of us were rather cranky.

The next morning we had swimming lessons. Olivia screamed everytime I put her in the car. Poor girl! It never seemed to slow down. We had swimming lessons every morning, Tae Kwan Do Tuesday evening, t-ball Thursday evening, Michael had mutual Wednesday eveing, and Maddi had to play the piano for the performing arts part of hte 4-H fair on Thursday afternoon. Plus Lorie has been in town and so Michael has been working late every evening. Today we get to stay home and I will be looking forward to that!