Tennessee Visit

Ben and Andrew in the cave at the Aquarium
Ben deciding whether or not to touch the stingrays and sharks
Cool pic of large shark at the aquarium
Michael, Andrew and Ben playing on the "tractor"
Michael and Ben's favorite past time together!

About a month ago we took the plunge and made the long trip south to Tennessee to visit with The Guild Family. Ben and I have not been down there since the November before so it had been a while since Ben has made such a long car trip. He actually did really well...the roughest patch was just before he was falling asleep for the night, but once he finally was out he slept the rest of the way and even transferred fine into Jeff and Jess's house. As always we had a great trip it went by way too fast but the boys had a great time together. Ben finally got to rough house with some boys and him and Michael fed off of each other the entire time...it must be a first born thing...but once they got started they couldn't stop laughing. We were able to celebrate Jess's 30th while we were there. On Saturday night, once the kids were in bed, Jess's sister came over to babysit and the four of us went out to eat and as a surprise to Jess, their friends had all gotten sitters too and met us, then we hit the Comedy Club. It was a great time and we were so happy to be a part of it! Sunday was our big trip to the aquarium and it was a blast. Ben had so much fun and still talks about seeing the sharks. Ben definitely had a good time "at Tennessee" as he says it and asks just about every day if we can go to Michael and Andrew's house. We drove home on Monday morning (with a stop at Sonic first!) and came home to about 2 inches of snow...YUCK! Can't wait until our next visit!