Road Trip

 Saturday morning we headed out on the first leg of our road trip up to Fort Campbell.  Andrew had his annual attorney's conference in Nashville this year - since that is only an hour away from where his brother is stationed, we decided to make a family vacation out of it and hang out with cousins while Andrew attended  his conference.

 We left from Houston since we had to make a quick detour for Andrew to attend Bishop's Night at Girl's Camp on Friday night.  It gave us a chance to hang out with grandparents and have another birthday celebration for Lincoln.

 It takes about 14 hours to drive straight through to Fort Campbell, so we made a few stops along the way... at the Blueberry Festival in Nacogdoches, this cool park in Tatum, and the birthplace of Bill Clinton (Hope, Arkansas) to rest for the night before tackling the last leg of the trip.

 

 After attending church in Little Rock this morning, we pushed through and pulled into Fort Campbell just in time for dinner (timing is everything!) where we were welcomed with open arms and popsicles!

This was the first really long road trip we've taken with all four kids - and they were amazingly good!  We rented a van for the trip since ours needs some brake work done.  Unfortunately, the rental didn't have a DVD player.  So we stocked up on Books on CD at the library and they worked wonders, especially when interspersed with pit stops and guessing games.  Eli was the only one to get a little stir crazy from time to time, but he usually just pulled his blanket over his eyes and went to sleep when that happened, so a good time was had by all.