Last Days in Tennessee and The Drive (leg one)

 We had a little time with family to do some fun things in between packing, packing and more packing. It was so wonderful to have our family there to help us, because I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have gotten done without them!

 We ate at a local "dive" called Hog Heaven. Such delicious BBQ!

 We also visited the Bicentennial Mall.

 Rob is seriously the best packer ever. We hired some movers to come help us unpack in Texas and the head guy said that he has never seen a better packing job in his whole 35 year career. He even offered Rob a job if HP falls through :) We ordered 4 ReloCubes, but only ended up using 3 thanks to Rob's skills.

 A last view of our little home for the past 2 years. We sure will miss this place!

We pulled out of Nashville on Tuesday, May 15 to start the big 3-day drive out to Utah. We had some delightful and not-so-delightful moments.

 Ruby did a good job napping in her seat and was much happier when she woke up.

 Grace spent most of the trip watching her shows, thankfully with headphones. The most-watched movie was Barbie's Princess and the Pauper...by the end of the trip, she was belting out the songs as we drove :) It's funny to listen to little kids sing without the reference of what the song actually sounds like and says :) She is so cute.

Another memorable moment of the trip was when she was throwing a huge fit over something trivial and just would not calm down until Rob pulled off the highway and got her out of the car and made her sit on the cooler for a little time out in the middle of nowhere. It was windy and cold, so it didn't take her long to calm down.

Love this picture. The exit is "No Name"

 Yet another funny from the trip. Grace was pretty much exhausted the whole time but refused to sleep in her seat because she says it's too uncomfortable. So she cried and kept telling us that she just wanted to sleep in a bed. We were in the middle of nowhere (again, or still...) and asked her if she saw anywhere where there might be a bed. She'd say no and just keep asking for a bed. It was so pathetic :)

 At one point we stopped at a Cabela's for some free entertainment. The girls loved looking at all the awesome stuffed animals.

 We also played at a lot of playgrounds on the way out.

The girls really were troopers and did an amazing job for being in the car for at least 8 hours 3 days in a row. We finally made it to Utah for my brother's wedding on Friday.