Summer Vacation Day 11- Babyland General Hospital

Happy Birthday to our baby girl! She
turned 5 on our vacation and instead of a
birthday party she choose to visit the
Cabbage Patch Hospital to pick out a new
baby. So that is what we did on Day 11.
We visited Babyland General Hospital in
Helen, GA. She adopted a baby boy and
named him Elliot Joseph Gaines. 

Summer Vacation Day 10 contined

After we left Rock City we traveled through Georgia
and stopped for a quick visit with Margaret, Meredith,
Uncle Trey and Aunt Beth. We also stopped to look
around Uncle Trey's museum. While we were there
Aaron found a Geocache too.

Summer Vacation Day 10- Rock City

Day 10 we spent the morning at Rock City in
Chattanooga, TN. The kids LOVED it. It really is one
of my favorite places to visit.  Just something unique
to see. 

Summer Vacation Day 9 Continued- The Lost Sea Adventure

After the Ark we traveled to Tennessee and
stopped at the Lost Sea Adventure. It was
a cave tour with a lake at the bottom of it.
It had about 200 fish that they brought in and
they feed them dog food. They had a glass
bottom boat to ride out on the lake but it was
really dark so we couldn't see to much.
After we left Avery said she did not want to
go in anymore caves haha!

Summer Vacation Day 9... THE ARK ENCOUNTER

Day 9 we finally made it to the ARK! This was our
main reason for traveling to this part of the US. The Ark
just opened a few weeks ago so they will be adding alot
more in the future but man was it AWESOME! This was
the highlight of the trip for Andrew and I. The smell of
the wood is permanently etched in my brain. It really
brought the story of Noah to live for us. We can't
wait to go back in a few year to see how much more
they add to it.

Summer Vacation Day 8 continued

Day 8 continued from Dayton, OH... we
traveled back to Cincinnati to visit the
Cincinnati Zoo. We also had dinner
at Skyline Chili again one last time before
leaving. Avery would only eat the cheese!
Say CHEESE Avery!

Summer Vacation Day 8- Dayton, OH

While in Dayton, OH we visited the
National Air Fore Museum. It was HUGE!
You could literally spend days in there reading
and looking but since we went with small
children we cruised through it in about 3 hours.
The highlights were seeing JFK's Air
Force One that carried his casket on
Nov 22, 1963 and the Apollo 15 capsule
that landed on the moon.