Away for a night

Matt's grandparents live in Rainsville, AL which is only an hour and a half from Cleveland. We went down there Saturday to stay one night with them. The four of us loaded up SaturdayWe around noon and took off for Sand Mountain. The kids thankfully slept the whole way down. We got there and let the kids play while we unloaded the car and talked to his grandparents. Their house has a big living room and Jenna loved it! There was so much room for her to crawl around. She went everywhere and loved every minute of it. Ashton discovered the tredmill in the guest room and acted like a monkey and laughed at himself over and over again. Granny and Papaw have toys at their house from when all their grandkids were little. It is amazing to me how much kids love "new" toys! The toys were old but because my kids had never seen them before it was like Christmas! They would hardly look at the toys I brought from home.

For dinner, we drove about 30 minutes to the Catfish Cabin. It was wonderful! They serve unlimited hushpuppies and slaw. I ordered clam strips and a sweet potato. We also ordered fried pickles..my favorite!! They had the best sweet tea there! I drank way too much and paid for it later. (I am very sensitive to caffeine and was up for a while!)


When we got back to the house we all played outside. It was such a nice evening. It didn't feel like August weather and we were so thankful for that. I had lots of energy, thanks to the sweet tea. So Matt and I played lots of games while the kids ran(and little Jenna crawled) around the big yard and played. We brought Ashton's tunnel which was a huge hit!














Then it was inside for bathtime. Jenna had a blast! She isn't used to taking a bath with anyone else. She has her own small tub at home but that night we put them in the big bath together and she thought it was the coolest thing. She kept splashing and laughing and sliding around. Ashton loved filling his cup with water and dumping it...sometimes on Jenna...she didn't like that at all. They played until they turned into raisins. After that, time for bed. It is so hard taking kids out of town. It took Jenna forever to go to sleep. She is so used to her bed and that pack n play just doesn't cut it for her. But eventually she gave up and went to sleep.

Both kids woke up early and were ready to go full speed. Matt got up with them and let me sleep a little longer! Thanks pal! We played at the house all day long. Granny fixed a delicious lunch. We all enjoyed it. Sweet Jenna fell asleep at the table after stuffing her face with mac and cheese. Ashton had food everywhere..including mashed potatoes in his hair!
After lunch was nap time. Even for me. While Ashton and I were still sleeping, Jenna, Matt, Granny and Papaw cut a watermelon and ate almost the whole thing!

We starting cleaning up and packing around 5:00 so we could get home in time to make a quick(yea right!) trip to Wal-Mart. It was a great mini vacation. Matt loves going down there to get away..even if it is just for one night.