I think that everyone in the entire state of Alabama and Tennessee was on spring break last week. Thankfully we were not! And thankfully someone posted on FB that the traffic towards the beach was bad, so I avoided it completely. Actually, I think I avoid it most of the time because I feel like I spend too much money the closer to the beach I get. Must be the salty air.

Well, this week is our turn for a break and the kids and I decided to get away and head to AL for vacation. I forgot my camera (brilliant move) and so I will have to keep using my parents and then remember to download the pics on my computer before I leave.

I got everything packed up Saturday afternoon/evening and Sunday loaded the van, the kids and the dog and actually was on the road 25 minutes sooner than I was hoping to be! Turned out to be a great thing because I needed fuel for me and the van.

We met my parents at my Grandmother's house for lunch and timed it perfectly to their getting out of church. Bless her heart, she's got so much Southern in her that she wanted to pull out a tablecloth and china and all sorts of stuff for our Arby's. My mom finally convinced her that small children and tablecloths do not mix well, so she settled for white cloth placemats. Thank the good Lord that no ketchup ended up on them! She is so sweet and loves to see the great-grandkids any chance she gets.

My mom and I sent the kids back to their house with my dad so we could run a few errands. There is nothing like running errands with someone else who loves to accomplish as much at one time as possible. She would drop me off and go to another store, pick me up and we'd head somewhere else and do the same thing. Loved it! We finally made it to the lake and the kids had wasted no time getting out toys and making a mess. (You can tell when a man is left in charge because toys are all over the house, all the lights are on and all the doors are open with the tv blaring and nobody is inside.) They were having fun and mom and I joined right in.

Today we have played around the house, rode the plasma cars, went and checked out the new dock being built next door, dug a moat for the lake, swung, had lunch and the kids are now having rest time back in their rooms. I've decided that we are going to have to enforce that on our vacation to keep me from going insane. My sweet mom would never say the house is too loud or the kids are unruly, but they can still send me over the edge and I want to stay sane on this va-ca!

Later this week we will head into town to visit with my in-laws, take Christopher to check out where he will hopefully go to kindergarten next year and visit with the Khans. My sister and niece are also coming over to spend the night on Wednesday and stay all day on Thursday. I can't wait to see them!!!

I hope you are all having a great week and I really hope to add photos on here throughout the week, but we'll see.

Later!!!