Recovered from Road Trip!!

Well, it has taken me two (or three) weeks to recover and reorganize after our road trip!  It was fun, tiring, exciting, memorable...all in one and I'm so glad to be home!

My newest endeavor is going to be homeschooling my 13 year old for his 8th grade year.  I will be updating things I learn throughout the experience.  So far, I have been buying his curriculum (I researched so many for months, so I'm excited to actually have it all picked out!) and reading all the books I can on organizing time.  I'll post a new page (on the left side of the homepage) that's all about homeschooling!

Liking the water!!

Having fun at a water park in Dallas!

Autumn at lake waxahachie

Kids swimming at lake waxahachie

Bird feeding at Dallas zoo

Riding the monorail at the Dallas zoo

Dallas zoo!!

We are at Ma mas!!!! Yeah!!!!!!

Ye-haw. We are back in Texas!!!

Shreveport,Louisiana

Well, our hotel reservations got mixed up and we have no hotel! So, we are driving through to Dallas!

Mississippi river

On the road again!

Between Jackson and Vicksburg...

Fake sleeper...

Jammin

Starting out our drive!!

Country inn suites, flowood ms

We made it to the hotel and are enjoying some pizza by the pool!!

Leaving auburn, Alabama!

This Hampton inn- auburn, Alabama was great. The breakfast was one of the best of all the hotels. Now we venture on to Jackson, Mississippi!!

Grayson loving the boat ride!!!

Tubing fun!!

More lake swimming in Calloway gardens lake

Waterslide in lake at Calloway gardens

Lake in Calloway gardens

Driving in Calloway gardens

Golfcourse in Calloway gardens

Grayson and the butterfly...

This beautiful blue butterfly loves grayson's shoe... He is estatic!

Butterfly center at Calloway gardens

True southern charm!

Lagrange Georgia

Country inn and suites, la grange, Georgia

Great place to stay!! We got in later than expected and loved the hospitality and breakfast!

My cousin Josh!!

He is a wonderful guitar player!!!

My aunt dee dee!!!

We are taking a last minute stop by my aunt dee dee's!! We love them and are so glad we got to see them!!!

Tomorrow our drive home begins!

Tomorrow we will be leaving Charlotte and starting to head back to Texas. Tomorrows stop... Lagrange, Georgia. It's close to Calloway gardens, which is our plan for Monday!!

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Grayson found the shark teeth

Rock show in mountains in Franklin, nc

Today we ventured back up to the mountains to come to grandaddys favorite rock show...

Inside mine

Mine enhance

Short walk to mi

Panning for gold

Reeds gold mine

This is a great activity for both kids and adults! Free admission too!! If you want ro mine for gold, it's only $2 per pan. Each of the kids got one and all of them found a piece of gold! Not to mention how beautiful it is!

Still playing magic quest!

This game at great wolf lodge is great! They have been entertained for two days straight!

We are really going to miss this place!!!!!!

Watching show at wolf lodge

Even the teen is happy!!

Josh making a tie- dye shirt at great wolf lodge

The kids are enjoying every minute of this!!

Grayson with big treat!

Michael playing in the game room

Josh in wave pool

Brandon

Michael and autumn

Back at it!

Grayson is loving this indoor wave pool!!!

Great lodge review

Well... I don't want to leave!! It is the most family friendly place I've ever stayed. There is something for all ages to do!

Everyone knows that they have a huge indoor waterpark. Some things I didn't know though...

They have a paws pass that let's your child or children ( mine all split one pass) do all of the following:

Stuff a build a bear of their choice ( there is about ten different animals to choose from)

Play an interactive magic quest game all over the hotel. They are given a wand ( to keep) and they get to go all over the lodge looking for the clues to solve the game.

Get tokens for the huge arcade room

Get a pass to play in the gaming room

Get a round of putt Putt golf

So along with loving the waterpark... There are all these other great things to do too!!

Also... I found that when I called the lodge to book, the price was twice as much as booking on expedia.com!

(they even have kids body wash, bubble gum flavored, in the rooms!)

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Backtracking.. Review of carowinds

Carowinds (south Carolina) versus six flags Texas versus fiesta Texas San Antonio...

If you want the largest rides... Six flags is your stop

If you want prettiest...full of big trees, carowinds is your stop

If you want cleanest... Carowinds

If you want a real Texas experience... Fiesta Texas is the best. They also have a laser/ firework show every night at closing.

Price wise... They are all about the same

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Brandon and Josh playing quest game

Have I mentioned how amazing this place is?!?!?!?!

Josh playing magic quest!

Grayson got new shoes!!

Green of course... With fish!