Vacation - Friday/Saturday

After our goodbye's Friday morning, we loaded up the van and headed south. We stopped in Nashville to show the kids Centennial Park and the Parthenon. (We'll be studying ancient times this year so it was a good "field trip" experience as well:) When given the choices of eating lunch in Nashville or going to play with cousins, the answer was instant...LET'S GO PLAY!! So we drove on to Thompson's Station where Aunt Heather, Mia, Ethan and Ella Kate were awaiting our arrival.




The kids ate a quick lunch and proceeded upstairs to investigate every toy in the house with their cousins. Uncle Shawn (Sabrina's brother) was home by 2pm. The afternoon and evening were a fun time of being with family. That night the kids had a "campout" in the playroom. Ethan ended up in his bed and Brock on the floor beside Ethan but Hannah and Mia lasted all night with their "sleepover". (Thanks, Mia, for letting Uncle Brent and Aunt Sabrina sleep in your bed!)

(Photos...Hannah couldn't wait to hold Ella Kate again; Mia and Hannah dressed up like twins, also pretending to be princesses from an American Girl book)

After a Monkey Bread breakfast we loaded up the van one last time and headed east. 11 hours later we were parked in our driveway, happy and thankful to be HOME! We made lots of good memories and look forward to the next time we can visit our family and friends in Tennessee.

(Photos...six of the eight "Hanks" grandchildren - clockwise from bottom left corner - Hannah, Mia, Brock, Ethan, Corinne and Emma; saying goodbye...Sabrina, Hannah, Ella Kate and Emma)