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We went on our first mini vacation to Chattanooga Tennessee. Cooper loved saying “nooga,” randomly throughout our drive there. The older two boys played checkers, and cards, without getting car sick, (they do not take after me in that area) and we watched the beautiful and green Tennessee scenery pass us by.

Our first day we went to the TN aquarium, and loved it. The fish were beautiful, and the enviorment serene. Cooper was excited the entire time, saying loudly, “OH MY GOSH!” at every aquarium window we saw.

We stayed at a hotel, and swam that evening, then stayed up late eating sandwiches and cookies, watching the movie, “Tale of Desperaux,” (which is another topic for another time- but can I just say- cute mouse, but totally weird story.)

The next day we first went to see an IMAX 3D movie, which was so awesome. I had never seen one of those before, and it was incredible. My favorite thing was watching the boys try to reach out and grab the fishies.

Later in the day we ventured deep underground into a cave, to see a waterfall inside of a mountain. I was not aware that we were going into a cave- I thought “hike to the falls,” meant outside on the mountain we were on, until the elevator took us a couple hundred feet down and opened it’s doors into the cold cave. We were under ground for a little over an hour, and it was a really neat experience. I managed to push the thought of “what would happen if there was an earth quake right now?” out of my head, and Cooper managed to nap in Brody’s arms. The other boys were mezmorized the entire time. (we had just recently watched “Journey to the center of the earth,” and my oldest had watched it 5 times in a couple of days, so this was a really cool experience for him) The water fall inside the cave was just beautiful, and mysterious. It comes in through a crack at the top and leaves out the bottom, and they still aren’t sure exactly where it comes from, or where it empties out.

Lastly we stood at the top of the tower and looked out over the city of Chattanooga, and the river, then drove home, all tired but happy with our first mini vacation.

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