WHAT A Great Trip

Hello everyone, our first family trip was a roaring success. Traveling at night worked out better than I could of guessed, Cassie slept through most of the traveling and Danelle slept half of the time. Which made driving pretty easy for me. Our first stop was Brother Bob in Tennessee. I got to take a power nap on his cozy couch while he took Cassie and Danielle to his school where Cassie was able to run up and down this enclosed, multi story ramp. It was a good and brief visit, and I was happy to see him. Our next stop was an overnight in Macon, Georgia. My cousin Doreen, husband Orlando, and her five kids were overjoyed to see us and Cassie. I was overjoyed to see a bed I was able to use. The visit was great, telling of childhood memories, revealing tales of my parents (HaHa HaHa), and of present day joys. The next morning we slept in and had a great breakfast with the kids. Before we left, we bum-rushed Doreen at work for photos we forgot and goodbyes. At Around 12 we headed out towards Tallahassee, Florida to meet up with Ralph, Laurie, and their boys Trevor, Tyler, and little Ethan. We arrived shortly after they did from there trip to Lauries parents. The timing was tight, but well worth it. Laurie gave us the grand tour of their beautiful house, (which Ralph built) and we got settled in. Laurie and Ralph treated us to dinners, their house, and their hospitality. Cassie had the time of her life playing with boys and the lack of running boundries. We left the following night towards West Palm Beach at around 9, we took our last couple of pictures and last minute hugs and hit the road. The next morning we arrived at Sandi's shortly after she woke up at 4:30 a.m. and immediately settled in. Sandi gave us free reign of her spacious and beautiful apartment, and gave Danielle directions to local eateries and the park. Later that night we all left for a short drive to Boca to Cheyennes house for the Flordian welcome party. The drive was eventful( a story for a later post) but we made it O.K. We had dinner with Cheyenne, Amy, Sandi, Cathy, Orlando, Becca, PJ, and Nyssa. Cheyenne gave us the tour, fixed my car, and showed me his "TOYS". We had an incredible vist and realized its been way too long for this. The next day, April came over to Sandis and took us all to the Zoo, Cassie slept for most of it, But me and Danielle had a great time. When we were leaving, Cassie woke up in time to play in the huge kids fountain. What a blast. Afterwards, They took us to the mall were Becca made a Build a bear for Cassie. Danielle got to make one as well. Then Sandi treated us to dinner, and Cheyenne road up from Boca on his Harley (TOY #1) during dinner and coffee we all got to catch up and all talked about the upcoming Family reunion. Pictures and Hugs and I said goodbye to April and Cheyenne. The next day, me and Danielle took Cassie to this Lego Castle Playland. basically a huge indoor room safe for kids of all ages to run around, yes even safe for me. At lunch me and Cassie napped, and Danielle got to go to the Mall. Later we packed, took last minute pictures and had a great dinner with Sandi and the kids. We said our good byes and headed home. The next day we were at Danielle's Aunt's house in Virginia and got some much needed sleep. We had a good but breif visit and left for home. We made it to Bradley Beach New Jersey by 2 o'clock safe and sound. Our special thanks to everyone we got to see, Can't wait to see everyone else in August, and our love to ALL.