We left our house yesterday morning around 1:45 (yes, that's a.m.!) to head out on our big adventure. The kids and I slept for a while, woke up for a little bit, then went back to sleep some more. Aside from getting stopped south of Louisville by an accident, i was smooth sailing. Around 8:00 (central time) we stopped for breakfast just north of Birmingham, Alabama at a Shoney's. We made it to Butch and Margie Hogue's around 11:00.

Three families of Eric's cousins came over to visit for the day. Christy (with her husband Philip, daughter Faith, 6, and son Mason, 2) just live around the corner. Joey (with husband David and daughters Caroline and Katherine, 4th and 7th grades) live about an hour away. Patti (daughter of Eric's Aunt Mary) and her husband Wayne drove in all the way from Atlanta. It was nice yo see everyone after so long and we had a nice afternoon/evening to visit.

Conner's first words this morning were "Where's my DS?". There were several floating around yesterday as all the kids played. I'm glad he could join in!