Too Excited. Day 2.

I could smell coffee and breakfast as soon as I woke up.  I was the first one up, showered and ready to go!  I couldn't wait for my kiddos to get up.  I finally HAD to wake them up at 8 because breakfast was ending at 9:30.  We enjoyed a BIG breakfast together, great conversation and excellent service.  Followed by more swimming, packing and left the hotel at checkout time.  We headed into Cincy to the Children's Hospital to visit our favorite Strubles!  What fun!  We got unique ID badges and headed up to hang out for a bit.  We bought a couple of small gifts at the gift store and enjoyed a nearly a couple hours of Struble time before heading out for lunch and gas.  Following Mr Struble's directions, eventually found a Walmart.  Grabbed what we needed and headed on our way.  Traffic was a bit of a nightmare and the kids had a few moments of craziness, but overall the ride was ok.  Traffic was slow so we were late arriving in NC, but just late for dinner since we are not really on a schedule :)  That might be my favorite part.  Kids took a bunch of pictures while we traveled.   We arrived in Mocksville, NC full of energy just before 10pm.  All 8 kids are getting along well and made friends quickly.  Man we've got a lot of kids between the 2 of us!  The kids ran around the yard and eventually everyone gravitated towards TVs and Xbox games until bedtime.  We had hotdogs cooked in BBQ sauce  YUM!  I had never had them that way & now I am a FAN!  Enjoying a quiet morning, most kids are sleeping.  Viv is watching some Disney on Netflix and I'm updating the blogs...good times.  Coffee. Soon.