We left early Saturday morning with intentions of being at my friend Krissy's house in Georgia early afternoon. We had some major traffic issues around Gainesville and didn't get there until evening :( We were so happy to see Baby William!
Sunday morning we were on our way to Pigeon Forge, TN to meet up with Grandma and Grandpa, Sara's family, and Rylee's family. It was so nice to all be together and we had the best time! We loved the hot tub and the game room upstairs. We would definitely go back again!
We took some family pictures one morning!
On Thursday morning we checked out and were headed home. We ended up stopping in Southern Georgia for the night because it was raining and Ava and I were tired of being in the car :) We checked into our hotel, showered right away, and found a mall to walk around. Ava got a purse and some accessories for her purse and then we went to dinner at Outback. Matt and I kept talking about how thankful we are for our trip and how we were having such a great time stopping at the hotel, too. We left dinner feeling so happy and went to start the car and it wouldn't start! We were about 10 miles from our hotel so we instantly felt sick to our stomachs. Ava and I walked across the parking lot to a Kroger and read books and raced down the aisles while Matt called for help. We ended up getting a jump start and all was good the rest of the drive!
Ha - she is so confused in that last pic! "Why are we hanging out at Kroger mom?!?"
We got home Friday evening and on my second load of laundry the dryer died! We could not believe our luck! I am so thankful for our patience and humor in most situations because we had quite a few hiccups in one week and we were still laughing and smiling with each other. Saturday we made the trip to Lowe's to get a new dryer and feel pretty broke until next month - but still - we choose to be happy!
Here are some pics of creatures we saw and videos Matt got on the trail camera!
This video is of a big bear that stopped by twice on the first night!
The next night we had a bear and some cubs come on the porch. So cute (and scary)! Rylee and I were on the porch on the other side of the door you see in the video and had no idea!
The following two nights we had a raccoon on the porch each night. Ava thinks it is hilarious that the raccoon ate her peanut butter!
We are still talking about how great the vacation was and Ava keeps asking for her Gwamma, Papa, and friends, but she was very excited to see her best pal Brady!
Ha :)
Thank you to my entire family for the fun vacation, to Krissy & Will for letting us crash at their place, and to Caiti & Tony for watching Brady! We love you all!
