Sydney had a soccer tournament in Cartersville both Saturday and Sunday, and her last game was at 4:30 on Sunday. Instead of heading back home that night, I took the kiddos and we stayed in a hotel up 75 more, towards Nashville. It was pretty uneventful- it had rained most of the day and we were soaked (esp. poor Sydney), so we grabbed some dinner, showered, and totally enjoyed a night watching movies being warm under the covers!
Monday morning, we woke up and headed to Nashville. We went to visit my brother and his family first. It was a nice, easy trek- only about 3 hours from where we stayed. We got there, the cousins played... and about 10 minutes in, Parker fell and hit his head on a toy bin/shelf thing, and had this HUGE knot on his head. OMG. He was like a unicorn!! Of course, I'm always paranoid about head injuries, so he laid on me with an ice pack for awhile. After about 30 minutes, he was back to his normal self, thank goodness. ;) We ran out, went to a fun arcade/skating rink/go carts kind of place, and then hung out the rest of the night!
Their future album cover?
Grabbing dinner at Firehouse Subs
These two boys have to stick together... there are too many girls!
Taylor and Ava
Tuesday, we all did a little work from home while the kids slept in and played. That afternoon, we ate lunch at this good ol' country cooking type place, ran to a few shops, and then the kids and I packed up to head out to see my friend Sara!
My brother lives north of Nashville while Sara lives south of the city. It was raining and nearing traffic time, so we headed down mid-afternoon to beat the bad weather and bad traffic. We got down there before they were off of work, so we stopped at a McDonalds so the kids could play (and I could work) and we piddled around Target. Finally, we headed to see their beautiful house (they've only been living in Nashville for a few months... it sure beats Utah!). Sara and Daniel's kids are 3 and 1, so our kids had fun running around with them. Sara and I pretended we were college kids, like we were back in the day, and stayed up until 1:30 (CMT) talking. It was great to catch up and surprisingly, it wasn't too difficult to wake up the next morning. (the next night, however... zzzzz)
Parker lost another front tooth at their house!
Parker and Eli running up the stairs
Going to bed, in hopes the tooth fairy will know where to find him...
The kids and I headed back to Georgia early the next morning. The weather was pretty rough- it poured for the first hour of our trip home- but we made it home, safe and sound. It was fun to get away for a few days!
