Vacation...

Oh how I didn't want to come back!! I wanted to stay in Tennessee!! We went to Pigeon Forge, TN the 13th through the 16th. We have had so many incidents that have happened before and since then though...One...we couldn't find any tires for the car the week before we were supposed to go...two...when I went to get my oil changed the guy under the car said something was leaking from my engine, which by the way, turned out to be nothing. We had to wait until Monday morning to get the new tires and didn't get on the road until after 12. We finally got to our hotel at around 9 or so Monday night. We were tired.

On Tuesday we went to Gatlinburg and road the tram up the mountain and did a few more things before we went to the Dixie Stampede that night. Zach got to chase a chicken in the big arena for the SOUTH!! We didn't win though. Zach actually got ahead of his chicken and had to go back to get it!! LOL It was the funniest sight ever! I didn't get to bring my camera though because it wasn't allowed in. :( He was so proud of his metal and his book that he got though.

On Wednesday we went to Dollywood and stayed all day. We had a great time riding all the rides and seeing all the shops and things. We rode one ride that I will never get on again!! Especially if it is below 50 degrees outside!! It was called the River Battle. I was wondering why no one else was riding it and we got right on...should have sent a red flag to my brain then and there...but it didn't...I figured there's no one to battle on the river so I'm safe...well, as we rounded one corner the people on the banks of the "river" started laughing...because they had water cannons that they could shoot at us!! We were totally soaked by the time we got to the end and I was freezing!! There was a family dryer to the side of it that you could get in for $3.00 so I figured we would be ok. HA! We wasted that money...it didn't work too well. I was still wet at 7 p.m. when we left and this happened around 2 or so.

Zach decided that he wanted to ride a roller coaster so we got on the first one that we came to and it wasn't too bad but then we started toward another one and Zach ran ahead of us and all of a sudden he was looking down and I didn't know why...He had thrown up all over himself. His face and arm was covered. We had to go back to find a bathroom and clean him up. It was not good. He had just eaten and he was so excited.

After we did all that we decided to go play putt putt golf. We finally got back to the hotel at 11 p.m. We were pooped. Zach kept telling us that we were the greatest parents that a son could ever have!! He enjoyed all that we did. Mainly because everything that he wanted he got. LOL

Thursday, on our way home, Chris got a call from one of the people that he works with and they told him that they were docking some of the boats that his company has and his boat would be the next one. So Wednesday would probably be his last day working. Well on Friday, one of the supervisors called and told him that his crew change would not be on Monday like it was supposed to be. He would have to call Tuesday and talk to him because he would be gone on Monday or he could call someone else. (We didn't answer the phone because it was an unknown caller) So Chris is going to call Monday to see what is going on. I am trying not to worry about it. But it is a little hard considering all our bills and things. But I know that God will see us through it. :0)