Welcome Girls! - Monday

We hit the road after a nice hotel breakfast and it turns out, Rick was only about 15 minutes behind us. He changed his route based on rain and was running pretty much with us. He actually pulled into the hotel in Clearwater before we had the car unloaded and parked.

The girls left on the bus around 7:30 am and I was keeping track of them. We gave Millie her birthday present early because I wanted her to have a phone while she was on the bus. I was nervous about her going down without me even though I knew she was in good hands. She kept me posted on where they were and when they stopped.

Reed still did well but he was ready to be there. As soon as we threw our stuff in the room we went down to the pool. It was nice for Rick and Reed to have some boy time together.

A few families were already there when we got there so we made plans to go out for dinner with them. A nice relaxing evening before the whole team arrived would be nice.

Reed and his buddy tried alligator for the first time, they like it. But we already knew Reed likes most everything.

At around 10pm families started gathering in the lobby to wait for the girls to arrive on the bus. We were all very relieved when the bus pulled in and they piled out all in one piece and not too ragged looking considering they had been partying for the past 15 hours on the bus.

Glad to have her back with us where she belongs!