Our Trip

On Friday, we left in a torrential downpour! This is not a good way to start a relaxing weekend! It rained off and on the entire 2 hour trip. When we safely arrived at the inn, it was a little after 9pm. We looked around and just soaked in the atmosphere.

On Saturday, we had breakfast at the restaurant located inside our hotel and they had a wonderful and fattening breakfast buffet. I ate too much food and definitely need to walk it off! We purchased tickets to ride the Nashville Express which is a motorized train (think the trains at an amusement park that takes you back to your parking space!) and our conductor was quite cheesy with his jokes but very knowledgeable about the area. The train dropped us off in the heart of the shopping area! There were over 250 different shops and art galleries there. I enjoyed shopping (although it would have been more enjoyable if I had a female there to experience it with!) and eating and of course buying things for my children and wonderful babysitters this weekend! Matt found a shop that sold sugar free candy, fudge and ice cream. He was so excited! After 4 hours of shopping, we unloaded our bags and ate lunch and had to rest before we hit the state park.

Brown County State Park is really neat and had a cool pool for visitors to enjoy although we didn't do that! We took several hiking trails, but couldn't do a lot of hiking due to the heat. We visited the nature center and saw a few snakes that Carleigh would have said were "scary!"

After the park, we did a little big more shopping and then watched the last part of the Reds game before going to dinner. I think I have gained 5 lbs on this trip. I never eat a big breakfast, lunch, and dinner all in one day and after dinner, whoa!

We arrived back home around noon with picking up Cody first. He was so glad to see us! Then we waited a little while until Aunt Connie dropped Carleigh off from church. She did very well visiting a church she had never been to before. Her church members had a fit over her and she might be going back for their VBS in a couple of weeks.

When Connie brought her to me, Carleigh was in tears. I think it finally hit her that she had missed us so much. Connie wanted to get a hug but Carleigh wouldn't let me out of her arms for Connie to hug her.

It was a fun and relaxing time and we really needed that time!! Now, we are looking forward to our next little trip in July with Matt's family.