Going Away!

This weekend was our first get away as a family of 7! We went to Birmingham for a tennis tournament and dance competition. It was nice that for the first time the events were in the same city at the same time, but it still would not have been possible if JM had not been off work! It was a busy weekend starting immediately after picking Tyler up from school. We had to go straight to the tennis tournament, and we barely got there for the "30 minute" check-in time! We all got to see him play his first match and win. Then we enjoyed a fast meal at Dairy Queen before checking into the hotel. We had a fast meal because it was already 8:30pm and the girls were very excited about getting to swim at the hotel!

Colleen's first tennis tournament adventure. She enjoyed the evening :)

Saturday morning, JM and Tyler headed out early to the tennis tourney while the girls and I had a slower morning at the hotel. After winning his 2nd match, Tyler and JM came downtown to see Corynne's group perform 1 time. Then the boys and Lyndsey went back to the tennis tournament where Tyler ended up with 3rd place!!! Yeah!!!

We had to be at the Alabama Theater by noon for Corynne's dance competition. Her dance group performed 2 dances - one ballet and one jazz. Their jazz number, "Walk the Dinosaur" received a High Gold this time. They did a great job!

On Sunday, we took it easy with breakfast and swimming before checking out of the hotel. We decided to go to the zoo for the afternoon.

Everyone except Lauren enjoyed feeding the birds. I have to admit at times they were aggressive creatures!

Then we could not pass up the camel rides!

We ended our zoo day at the little zoo water/bubble park.

Time for a big lupper at The Cheesecake Factory! We were all exhausted from a busy weekend!