Grandparents, Aunt, Nephews and Nieces Trips

In October, 1999 Mom, Dad, and I went to Williamsburg and Monticello with Andrew. It was a great trip with him as he was about fifth grade at the time and a real history buff. Since money doesn’t sit in his pocket long, he bought a bag of plastic soldiers that both Mom and I tried to discourage him from doing so. However, he spent hours in the car and hotel those few days playing with those plastic soldiers so they were well worth the few dollars he spent on them.

In July, 2006 Mom and I took the four girls (Mary Lee, Haley, Lauren, and Lindsey) to Nashville for a short trip together. We did the Aquarium, a cave, and the Imax while there and had a pretty wild Uno match in the hotel. For them the biggest attraction was the mall where we learned that even though they could roam the mall together on Thursday evening while we were there, they had to have an adult chaperone with them on Friday night. I’ve never spent so long in two stores (Abercrombie and American Eagle) in which not one thing would fit me and yet had so much fun watching them shop and try on things. (The memory of that is much more pleasant two years later than at the time when I was so tired I could barely stand up.)

Next week is an overnight trip with the two youngest grandsons/nephews. We’ll be doing some Nashville sites on Monday and Tuesday. In addition we’ll probably get in some games of Phase 10 or Quiddler or some other new game. Hopefully with two digital cameras we’ll have some pictures to post by mid-week. I can’t wait to see everyone.