Our very first week long family vacation started Saturday, June 18th at 6am...on the dot.Our goal was to leave at 6am...and we did! It was an awesome feeling accomplishing that goal!
Our first stop to stretch was an oasis outside of Chicago....Andy had taught the kids the "vacation dance"...and here they are doing it. It was hilarious. The girls were embarrassed...Colin was just thankful to be unbuckled from his seat!
We had lunch at Portillos outside of Chicago. Funny thing here....we never dreamed we'd arrive BEFORE they opened for lunch! We had to burn about 20 minutes waiting for the doors to be unlocked! It was a yummy start to our week of dining on the road!
12 hours later via the clock or 11 hours later according to our bodies, we arrived in Taylorsville, Kentucky. We were staying at a resort just outside the Taylorsville Lake State Park. We had a very quaint, clean, and modern cottage that had a breath-taking view out the back windows. The sunsets and sunrises were spectacular.
Some of us had dinner upon arriving:
And then the children jumped into the hot tub...except Colin. "No Me like Hot Tubbie!"
He did splash from the side to the girls...and then Andy eventually got him in for a minute or 2.
This photo below describes the girls' free time in our cottage. Usually we were there early in the morning or just before bedtime...so they spent time relaxing and journaling about their fun activities of the day.
As you can see below, the girls' bedroom had a trundle bed! Good thing we stayed 3 nights--everyone got a turn in the fun bed that could be hidden under another bed!
Our first day was such a long driving day, but leaving really early made all the difference in the world. It gave us hope that in the future, we COULD do another long driving trip somewhere! 
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