Friday November 23, 2007

Jenn and I left Opryland Hotel around 7:30 am to go shopping - to get those wonderful bargains! We were suppose to have gotten up at 5:00 am and left no later than 5:30 am, but we both overslept..... Our FIRST STOP was TARGET..... I found a couple of small things for the kids and Jenn found a really cool camera..... NEXT on our list was STAPLES - we didn't find what we were looking for in there, so we left.... LAST on list was WAL-MART..... I found a really cool Diego Jeep in the paper and it was a really good deal on it, so I wanted to get that for Jackson..... SO we go over to the toy aisle and I'm looking for the Diego Jeep and it's no where to be found..... SO we decide to walk to the electronics department and what do I see in a buggy sitting off to the side.... A DIEGO JEEP!!! Jenn and I look at each other and we look around to see if anyone is standing near it or going to claim it and we don't see anyone, so it's there for the taking as far as we were concerned! SO WE TAKE IT.... I walk around the electronics department with this buggy and no one ever claimed it... I was waiting for and watching people to see if they even acted like it might be theirs... No one ever said anything, so we made our way to the front of the store to check out..... We get out to Jenn's vehicle to load this huge thing and it takes both of us to pick it up and we are trying every which way to get this in the car...... We were freezing and Chuck and Jenn had loaded all their stuff before we left to go shopping and so the space was very limited..... So after a little bit - here came along a very nice gentleman and he helped us get the toy in the vehicle! Here is a picture of the DIEGO JEEP.... It's so cute - Jackson is going to be so excited when he sees it! We headed back to Opryland Hotel to pick up our husbands and head to Cracker Barrel to eat with the rest of my family and when we pulled up here comes David with this thing on wheels that you put tables on and our luggage and bags are on it.... He didn't want to wait on a bellhop, so he found this thing in the hallway and put our stuff on it...... OMG... How embarrassing..... I was going to act like I didn't know him until he started waving his hands for me to actually get out if Jenn's vehicle and come over and help him.... Again, OMG.... I was so embarrased... Good thing it was a side entrance and not very many people were around....

We head to Cracker Barrel and meet up with my Uncle Joe, Aunt Roxann, Uncle Ron, Aunt Amy, Crystal(my cousin), Philip(my cousin's husband), Bro. Rickenbaker & Sis. Rickenbaker (my cousin's in-laws), my mom, Heather... and it was me, David, Chuck, Jenn, Dawson, Jackson and Eli..... It was very nice to get to be with my mom's side of the family... I hardly ever see them and so it was very nice to be with them!

After breakfast we head to Circuit city and while we were in there - Bro. Snowden called - we had lunch plans with David, Marlana and Oliver, so we headed to PF Chang and we ate there with them and hung out for a bit.... We had a wonderful time hanging out and fellow shipping.... Here are some pictures from our lunch:

Jackson holding Oliver....

Jackson holding Oliver again...

David, Marlana and Oliver

David, Marlana and Oliver again....

After lunch, we had to do what we have always done after we eat... It's one of our rituals with David and Marlana is we always - always go get ice cream after we eat! It's usually at Diary Queen.... Not today - we decided to go to Maggie Moos...... We stayed in there a while just laughing and cutting up.... THEN we decided to go to Borders Books. THEN it was home for us - we got home around 8:30 pm.... Very tired again! We went up to mom's house and watched Santa Claus 3 with the family! Came home and went to bed.... It was a very busy day, but we had so much FUN! We got to start off the day with family and then we spent the afternoon and evening with friends...... We were suppose to eat dinner with some more friends of ours, but we decided to meet up another time!