Sunday, June 15, 2008

Our Road Trip

We had a great time on our road trip to Atlanta for Memorial Day weekend. We had so much fun!! We went to The Varsity http://www.thevarsity.com/the first night for hot dogs and onion rings. It was really good and the boys got really cool hats.The hotel we stayed in was nice. We had a great view of downtown Atlanta from the 22nd floor. It overlooked Emory Hospital, GA Tech, Centennial Park, GA Aquarium, and World of Coke.
Zachary kept calling the escalator the escagator. At least he's close.

We went to the Zoo on the first day. I had told the boys that we were going on a bear hunt. Zachary decided that since I told them we were going on a bear hunt on our trip that he would bring his book, Going on a Bear Hunt.

And we found bears!!They had a "kids" section with a train, carousel, rock climbing wall, and playground.
For dinner we went to this great local place that gave us soooo much food that we had leftovers for the next night. We highly recommend Mary Mac's Tea Room, http://www.marymacs.com/, anytime you are in Atlanta. And thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Virgle for the giftcard from Christmas. It was worth waiting to use it.

On Sunday we went to the Aquarium first thing in the moring. We even got to ride the train downtown, which was exciting for everyone. The Aquarium is amazing!! Since I had told Zachary that we were going on a bear hunt for the zoo trip, he asked me Saturday night where we were going the next day. So I told him fishing.

Zachary, Ryan, and fish mascot. It got lots of hugs.This is how we travel with 2 little boys and one stroller. They are even agreeable enough to switch occassionally. Zachary tends to complain that Ryan is hurting his legs after awhile. I have to agree that he is heavy.We had time to spare and had heard great things about the World of Coke that we decided to go before we started back home. While there we had the pleasure and displeasure of tasting different sodas that are served all over the world. Don't drink Beverly when in Europe. ICK!!

They had a fun (for some) 4-D movie. Zachary freaked out and climbed in my lap. The rest of us loved it. Ryan wanted to go again. We are beginning to think that Z may not be ours :) Reece, Ryan, Coca-Cola Bear, Allison, Ryan---this bear definitely got more hugs than the aquarium fish.
That was our family trip. The boys and I got up Tuesday morning and drove to VA to visit my mom. We spent a few days there and then drove up to DC to see dad. My grandmother hitched a ride back with me. She ended up staying a few days with us before jetting off to the beach with my aunt.

More posts later. It's been busy around here. Summer camp has started at work.