And so we begin our journey south. Airline tickets were a joke this year, and frankly we just wanted to try driving to see how it would be. It turned out not to be too bad at all. The first thing we did was drive over to Grampa Dave and Grandma Marcia’s. They let us stay the night (21st) there before continuing on our journey, which worked great. We were able to hop right onto 75 and cruise on down to Ohio.
First stop on the 22nd, Arby’s in Man-o-War, Kentucky. Ian got a cool glider. See this image larger.
We hit a pretty nasty traffic jam just as we crossed the Tennessee border, stopped for like an hour and a half hardly moving at all. Ian had to go potty too eventually, but we were so far up in the mountains we couldn’t stop until after the traffic jam. He held out nicely. We drove to just south of Atlanta’s airport and stopped at a great hotel. See this image larger.
The morning of the 23rd we headed further south, and the journey got worse. Cars used the left lane for normal traffic and people that had someplace to go had to move into the far right entrance/exit ramp in order to pass. The road was very straight and very boring as we crossed into Florida. Finally, we got to the Villages in the late afternoon.
*I smite you, Wise-person!!! PEW PEW!!!* (It took a little while for Nina to realize that the Nativity set was not made up of action figures.) See this image larger.
Nina beats Grandma Barb in the crawling section of the tri-atholon. See this image larger.
Kaylee dances around, care-free and happy… Christmas is coming! More soon! See this image larger.
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Four years old? Seriously? Kiddo, you are so awesome. I’m looking forward to watching you grow and change s’more. I’ve had so much fun so far, and we’ve learned a lot together. Thanks for choosing me. 😉 Love, Daddy.
Everybody else, after we get through Christmas South (still compiling) I’ll share some pics of Ian’s b-day!
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The movie “Cars” has a sort of sequel that came out on DVD only… this is a set that lets you launch a car through a loop and off a ramp… He couldn’t see what it was at first… See this image larger.
Now he gets it. It was around here that he said something like “Hey guys, look! It’s the WHOLE SET!” I have no idea why he would say this, but we all cracked up. See this image larger.
An awesome time was had by all, thanks to Grandma Marcia and Grampa Dave for a great visit, and their generosity and hospitality! (I know, we hosted, but Marcia brings stuff, bless her!) This was pretty much a perfect Christmas North… we had big fluffy snowflakes falling outside, the tree parked right in the corner of our living room, Ian was a very courteous, well-behaved little boy, and Nina started feeling better toward the end of the day. (I should have figured out how to light the fireplace? Maybe next year. 😉 )
And so now I turn my attention to Christmas South. It is going to be a little bit before I actually get all this stuff organized for the blog. Guess how many pictures I’ve got for the trip in total? Did you guess 1,181? If so, you’re exactly right… I’ll try to make it happen fast, wish me luck! Here’s a few bonus photos (these from the 19th) to buy me a little time…
It is always awesome to me when Ian and Nina can play together at all. It just seems sort of natural that it won’t last more than a second without some kind of explosion, but sometimes these two get along for 10-15 minutes… for their ages, I’m pleased as punch with that. See this image larger.
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Christmas South, Part I
And so we begin our journey south. Airline tickets were a joke this year, and frankly we just wanted to try driving to see how it would be. It turned out not to be too bad at all. The first thing we did was drive over to Grampa Dave and Grandma Marcia’s. They let us stay the night (21st) there before continuing on our journey, which worked great. We were able to hop right onto 75 and cruise on down to Ohio.
The morning of the 23rd we headed further south, and the journey got worse. Cars used the left lane for normal traffic and people that had someplace to go had to move into the far right entrance/exit ramp in order to pass. The road was very straight and very boring as we crossed into Florida. Finally, we got to the Villages in the late afternoon.
Happy Birthday, Little Man!
Four years old? Seriously? Kiddo, you are so awesome. I’m looking forward to watching you grow and change s’more. I’ve had so much fun so far, and we’ve learned a lot together. Thanks for choosing me. 😉 Love, Daddy.
Everybody else, after we get through Christmas South (still compiling) I’ll share some pics of Ian’s b-day!
Christmas North, Finale
An awesome time was had by all, thanks to Grandma Marcia and Grampa Dave for a great visit, and their generosity and hospitality! (I know, we hosted, but Marcia brings stuff, bless her!) This was pretty much a perfect Christmas North… we had big fluffy snowflakes falling outside, the tree parked right in the corner of our living room, Ian was a very courteous, well-behaved little boy, and Nina started feeling better toward the end of the day. (I should have figured out how to light the fireplace? Maybe next year. 😉 )
And so now I turn my attention to Christmas South. It is going to be a little bit before I actually get all this stuff organized for the blog. Guess how many pictures I’ve got for the trip in total? Did you guess 1,181? If so, you’re exactly right… I’ll try to make it happen fast, wish me luck! Here’s a few bonus photos (these from the 19th) to buy me a little time…