20050807

20050807 - Up in the am getting PCs up and running. To a Barker Family picnic. Home then to the grocery with everyone. Home to bed in good time.

20050806

20050806 - Up and out by 9 headed North, stopper and took a tour of Mammoth Cabe and a dinosaur park. The drove past Fort Knox and D&I took a tour of all the tanks at the Patton Museum. Stopped for dinner @ Waffle House. Home and unloaded by 11pm. All of us pretty worn out.

20050805

20050805 - Up in the am trying to recap the week. bfast then to the pool with D&J, out all morning. J&I took a nap, L&D went shopping. We went for root beer floats and hunt out at the pool till 6pm.Then to the mall for dinner, then the playground. UP to the room and got all packed up and wrapping up the vacation. A very very good time! Not looking forward to returning to work at all...

20050804 +

20050804 + UP in the am and to bfast and the boys and I hit the pool. We swam for a bit and then outside, then to the other outside pool where we had lunch and listened o a guy play a guitar. J fell asleep and went in early. D&IU stayed out until 4 and then in to take a nap. We then headed over to the Opryland Hotel and took a boar ride, had some dinner and then wen to a dance/acrobat/water show. L and the boys danced, all in a HUGE Atrium. Back to the room, the boys out fast.

20050803 +

20050803 +Up in the am and hit the road to Nashville Shores a HUGE water park with pools everywhere. D went across a floating obstacle course! We played a long time in the kid pool w/ J playing rough. Took a paddle boat ride, went down a water slide w/ D and played putt putt. The boys slept all the way home and in the house. Took a nap then to the Raintree Cafe. The boys, especially J LOVED it when the animals came to life and stopped the ground and shook the trees. Did some shopping, headed home and played. I stayed up late and checked in with folks at work.

20050802

20050802 - Up and to the pool! Then had lunch and then off to the Science Museum. Kept the boys busy but wan not a great place, because is was dirty. Saw a cool star show in the planetarium. Toured a civil war fort Neagly, the largest mansion fortress built in North America. More swimming and D without his floaty swam underwater several times!

200500801

200500801 - Up in the am to an owners presentation, got some free tickets to some places. Went sightseeing. L&D played junk food bingo with the other kids @ the resort, J&I took a nap. Back across town to the store and everyone got some cool stuff. D got two really fragile GI Joe guys that immediately broke. J got some playmobile motorcycle guys. I got a couple magic tricks.