For Christmas 2010 we had a plan; a plan for a white Christmas. Reese searched to find a place within driving distance that was statistically likely to have snow on December 25th. He came up with the Canaan Valley Resort in West Virginia. Everything was squared away for the trip, including our non-refundable payment. Then........we decided to move to New York. The resort was understanding and allowed us one year to use the cabin. We thought, "Perfect, we'll go for Thanksgiving!" Then........I got pregnant and things didn't work out for that. Then.........we moved again. The resort was understanding.....again. They gave us until the end of March to use the cabin. We loaded up our fifteen passenger van with our eight kids and Martha (the lady we hired) and took off on our 20 hour trip.
Vacations for parents are not a vacation from stress and work. In fact, they add to it. Before we left I kept thinking to myself, "What are we doing? This is way too much right now!" But, it's a different and good kind of stress. We had a FAB time and made some great memories. We dragged our close friends, the Addison's along with us. Five adults supervising 11 kids is totally manageable. I'd do it all over again in a second. Ok, maybe give me a few months.
Almost Heaven
Dak and Tagg
Lots of baking by Bella and Tay
Tay and Bella doing baby lifts
Dakinator
A little wood chopping
LOTS of games and crafts
Cary, Rook and Tigue
A little rifling after hot tubbing
These two pics are of Tigue instructing the kids not to get too close to the water.
They obviously weren't listening to her.
Maren, our official diaper changer
Isaac and Payte
Reese and Sade
Tagg-man
grass whistiling
the spider
5 comments:
Looks like such a fun trip! I always love seeing how the kids are growing...although I wish they'd slow down. Miss you all!
I LOVE it! Keep the pictures coming!
looks like an amazing trip! the pic of tigue's little frustrated face and hands on hips is so cute! your kids look like they are having such a great time. and my goodness, reese and sade are so beautiful!!!
Looks like lots of fun and craziness! Glad you all had a good time.
:) so excited for the updates! yay and I look forward to the new posts every other week...good luck! you're a better woman than me (but we already knew that LOL)
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