Back Home Again in Indiana!

We are home and rested from our trip to North Carolina! We really had such a wonderful time getting away for a little while. The drive was much easier than we thought and Hanna was such a great sport about the ride (the van having a DVD player thing helped too!!!) So, we left at 6:00am and stopped a few times to eat and play and got there around 6 in the evening. Even though Joe hated driving in the mountains (he is a little scared of heights) it was a beautiful drive. We saw and did so much I couldn't possibly report on everyhting, so here are a few highlights. When Joe was at the office Hanna and I took advantage of the hotel pool and the nearby Chuck E. Cheese.

Another work day I braved the drive to downtown Charlotte and took Hanna to their children's museum, The Discovery Place.

Hanna had the most activites planned and she really had a blast, but Mommy's treat was a day at Concord Mills- a gigantic outlet mall in Concord, NC. Over 200 reatil stores- oh it was literally beautiful!

And on our last day we took Hanna to Paramounts Carowinds- a theme park outside of Charlotte. It was so neat- half of the park was in North Carolina and the other was in South Carolina. The park had a whole Nickelodeon area and Hanna got a chance to meet Dora, Diego, Spongebob and many more. It was probably her idea of heaven! Her favorite rides were the Backyardigans swings, Boots Balloon ride and the Scooby Doo haunted house. Joe really enjoyed the guys at the office and felt great about their progress. The weather was wonderful the whole time we were there and we just really got to enjoy things and not worry about my parents for a week. I could not have had a better time. Here are just a few glimpses into our great time....