Florida {Day 2}

We made it!  We are safely in Jacksonville after two long days of driving!  Today, we left the hotel at 8:15am and we got to Tim and Kaye's house at 4:15.  We made one stop south of Macon, Georgia, a little after 12:30 for gas and bathrooms.  The morning was rough, I-75 was a parking lot south of Atlanta.  It was a mess and I think it was all due to the heavy volume of traffic and some construction that was going on.  We were stuck creeping along for about an hour before we finally made it to an exit ramp and got off the highway to travel south on a two lane highway for awhile.  The two lane highway was packed with cars doing the same thing that we were doing.  It was all just crazy.  But it was fun to see a little bit of southern Georgia!  After we had our gas/bathroom stop, Samuel rode with Grandpa and Grandma and Savannah for the rest of the way (3 1/2 hours) to Jacksonville and Anna rode with us.  It was a nice change of pace and helped the last leg of the trip go by fairly quickly.  

We stopped at Tim and Kaye's house first because we needed to get the key for the beach house from them.  The kids warmed up to Uncle Tim and Aunt Kaye quickly.  We got a tour of their new house and Samuel and Savannah went up to their knees in the freezing cold pool.  Crazy kids!  We chatted for a bit before taking off and heading to Ben and Anna's house.  We were all so excited to meet baby Grace!!  She is so precious and it is fun to watch Ben being a Dad. :)  Baby Grace loves her Mommy and is definitely the most content and happy for her - but she tolerated all of us passing her around!  Aliyah and Hope both held her but Samuel had no interest at all.  He was more excited about Uncle Ben's trains and building a train track. :)  We weren't there for long because we didn't want to overwhelm Ben and Anna and we had to get to the beach house to unpack and have some supper!  It was so good to finally reach our destination!!  We unpacked, had some supper (grilled cheese and tomato soup) and let the kids play for a few minutes before settling them into bed.  Mom and Dad went grocery shopping while the rest of us chilled and enjoyed not sitting in the van!!  Can't wait for the fun week ahead!!