Staycation

There is always so much to do on the weekends, sometimes it's hard to do the fun stuff around our own town. We sat down as a family and decided what we wanted to do with Dave off for a week. They had a ton of great ideas, and this is what we did...

The week started off with a mini Williams family reunion. My dad's brother came down from New Jersey and my dad's sister and her family came down from Tennessee. We met at a lovely park in Asheville. The weather was nice and overcast, so we weren't too hot. We played Bocce ball, cornhole, washers, and nok hockey. The kids had a fun time running around with cousins and second cousins. 

Monday, poor Dave had a tooth problem, so he had to get some dental work in the morning. We still managed to get to Chuck E Cheese that afternoon. 

After Dorothy's nap, we took off to the aquarium at Concord Mills. I was impressed by this little aquarium, and the kids loved it! The bigger fish scared Dorothy, so we had to look at those from a distance. She wanted nothing to do with the "touch tank" where you could pick up sea urchins and star fish. 

This is the only family picture we took the whole week; I hate that Dave looks slightly like a ghost! 

After the aquarium, we spent some time at the Lego store. I'm not sure if Dave or the boys had more fun there?

Tuesday was another rainy day, so we went to Discovery Place in Downtown Charlotte. I ended up buying a membership, because the kids enjoyed it so much!

Dorothy was a little nervous about the IMAX, but she ended up doing really well. We saw a fabulous movie on national parks, and now we all want to go to Yosemite and see the redwood forest! Every time I look at this picture, I crack up.

The boys have been wanting to see the angry birds movie, so we rented it that night. We had movie-style boxes of candy that we all shared. Dorothy got a little bored, so she brought her baby out and was helping her baby "see."