We went to the first UT game, and lasted till almost half time!! Andrew was ready to go shortly after kick-off and it was right in the middle of Davis' nap time. So we stayed as long as we could and then loaded up the car and headed south. I figured out pretty quickly we were headed to Chattanooga, but still had no idea what we would be doing.
I had told Kevin months ago that we had taken Andrew to both Rock City and Ruby Falls when he was younger and that we needed to go back and take Davis. Well he listened and surprised me by planning it all!
We arrived at the Chattanooga Choo-choo hotel, which is pretty nice and super fun for little boys who love trains! We went that late afternoon/evening to Ruby Falls since it was getting a little late and the weather was iffy. We had tons of fun, and the boys loved the cave!
We woke up with plans to ride the incline railroad and go to Rock City. However, the weather was really foggy and rainy and we figured we'd do good to see one state, much less seven. So we found out that the tickets never expire and plan to go back soon and do those two adventures. So we instead hit the children's discovery museum and the mall for a few hours.
Despite the weather we had a great little git away weekend with just the four of us!!! It really didn't matter if we had stayed in a building down the street, it's just nice to do something different and get out of your own house for a bit:) And since the tickets never expire, we get to have another get away down in Chatta-town again very soon!!
We have had rain, rain, and more rain the last week or so! We have tried to stay as dry as possible while also trying to get out of the house and not get cabin fever. So last night during a small break in the rain we ventured next door to Pellissippi State to the Balloon Festival and caught the balloon glow. Here are a few pics of the glow.
I also included a picture of the big bunny balloon that caused major traffic issues on Thursday as I drove home with the kids. Of course after seeing a gigantic pink bunny (that was taller than the statue of liberty) towering above the treetops, we had to keep going to see it up close. They had it all set up at the high school, testing it out and drumming up attention for the upcoming festivities!
