Momma Im Coming Home

Okay, so maybe a Ozzy Osbourne isn't the best song to quote from, but bare with us here! Tuesday morning we awoke early to see Paul off to his meeting in Washington and to prepare for our long trip home with a good breakfast. Ann Marie, Savannah and I along with Catherine, Gracie and Zoe headed to our corner table at the Cornerstone Bakery to see what we could get the kids to eat. Needless to say Zoe ate everything that she was offered (what a great kid!) and Savannah was more interested in looking at the people as they entered (that's my girl, a people watcher!). After getting our fill of eggs, smoked bacon, Swiss oatmeal and fresh baked blueberry muffins we parted our ways with lots of hugs and promises to get back together very soon!

Back at the hotel, packing was a real chore with the little helper attempting to unpack everything we wanted to put away. Did she not want to leave? Well, after getting in the groove and loading the valet cart we were on our way back to North Carolina! Can you say full load? There is no way that this was all needed for a 4 day trip, but then again we are novices at the family thing so we have room for improvement!

Now to the interesting side note of our trip. On our way to visit Ann Marie's brother in Harrisonburg we decided to stop at The Cracker Barrel for a nice home style meal and to get some Mac'n Cheese for Savannah. All went well and we arrived in Harrisonburg with no problem. I wish I could say as much for our diaper bag! In the bustle of getting Savannah loaded into the van and putting the juice and other items in the cooler, I put the diaper bag down beside the van, and there it stayed! Some 30 miles outside of Washington the next day we discovered the error of my ways and panic set in! After a call to the resturant we found that someone had turned our bag into the hostess and it was waiting there for us on the return trip. You know, it wasn't the Eddie Bauer bag that made us come back for it, it was the John Deere hat inside! Atfer retrieving the bag the Kennedy's were headed home!

Now home, we wanted to thank Mom and Dad for watching the 4 legged grandkids and the seafood dinner on our return, The Marcus's for an absolute blast of a vacation in Washington, and the Bakers for watching out for the house. Now that we have one vacation under our belt its time to plan more! Next summer is a family beach retreat to Nags Head, but waiting in the wings is a trip to Toronto and Buffalo so stay tuned as I am sure flying with a kid is MUCH easier than riding in the van.......right? Till then......

Michael (all of this is going in the van?), Ann Marie (buying shoes on vacation rocks!) and Savannah (did anyone pack my goldfish?) Kennedy