Road Trip- Day 1

This past week we took a four day road trip and did a loop through Kentucky and Tennessee. It wasn't until the night before the trip that it dawned on me that it was our first family road trip that resulted in an overnight stay in a hotel. I mean, we have done some serious traveling...we have flown to CO numerous times, we have camped a ton and we have even driven to Buffalo, NY and Niagara but all of those trips involved staying with family or in a tent or Jeff didn't get to do the drive with us. So, I have to say there was quite a bit of excitement just about the hotel rooms! Ahhh... the simple pleasures in life.

The first day of our trip was spent driving. We had dropped the kids off in Cartersville last Wednesday so we picked them up on Sunday when we went to celebrate Father's Day with Jeff's dad. We decided to spend the night there on Sunday so we could save ourselves some drive time. We took a leisurely pace through TN and KY with plenty of stops for food, stretches and brochures. The kids did great on the drive and didn't even fuss when we told them they couldn't watch movies the whole way. We enjoyed listening to a couple of books on tape as well as several movies.

When we got to the hotel Theo was the most excited. Leah remembered the hotels from our drive to NY with Aunt Trina and Grammie several years back. But to Theo, this was a world to explore. He was excited about jumping on the beds...

and the trip to the pool after the long day of driving. They were both eager to do all the door unlocking and ice bucket filling.

Of course, my favorite part was the hot tub!

The kids, much to my chagrin, decided they wanted to brave the hot water. Theo didn't last too long but Leah knew a good thing when she felt it. We both decided that hot tubs with children were not relaxing in the least.