Wednesday night C and I had a quick dinner with Jeff and hit the road. We got to my parents house just in time to put Charlotte down for bedtime. The next morning, we loaded up and got on I65 to Bowling Green KY. We weren't gonna subject Charlotte to our Cincinnati whirlwind trip, and she was more than thrilled to stay with her Granna and Grandad for the night. They went shopping, ate and played at Chick Fil A, had a sleepover with cousin Reese and caused all kinds of trouble, I'm sure! She is still talking about her little trip. :)
Mom, Dad, and I kept driving north until we got to Cincinnati OH! Thankfully, we were able to stay ahead of all the storms and tornados. It was a hard knowing that Jeff was in AL, Charlotte was in KY, we had family in both KY and TN, and we were in OH to visit Hannah. All these states had tornados, hail, and rain traveling through. We all came out of it untouched other than a power outage.
Hannah had no clue that I was coming up with Mom and Dad, so it was great being able to knock on her door and see her face as she opened it! I loved seeing where she is spending her 2 years of graduate school. Her apartment is super cute and the CU campus is beautiful!
Before her concert, we had time to go to dinner - PF Changs!! One of my favorite places - spring rolls and chicken fried rice - double yum. I missed Jeff and Charlotte, but it was great catching up as the Shoopman family of 4.
Our evening was capped off by a lovely Orchestra concert by CCM. Hannah played principal oboe in the firs
t half of the concert - it's great being able to go to a concert and hear her great solos!! Now, classical music isn't really my thing, but if Hannah is playing, I know it's gonna be a good one :)
The next day, we all had breakfast at our hotel and found something wonderful to do with the rest of our day - IKEA!! I've never been but always wanted to go. Amazing place!!
I had looked online before and thought their stuff was well priced, but never knew how great the quality was as well. It is just as good as most furniture stores we've looked at, but so much more affordable - not to mention, super cute. We were all in awe as we walked around - taking pictures of so much that we loved.
Mom is trying out a great recliner that does not look like a recliner! yay!
I started making plans on what to buy for our next house :) I'm starting to pin things here to keep track of what I want. Like this:
Mom, Dad, and Hannah each found a chair to get - $69 bucks and totally comfortable.
I was amazed at the size of everything - here is the area you go to pick up the furniture that you want to buy:
Of course almost everything I got was for Charlotte - a great car rug for $14, finger puppets for $4, and an awesome paper roll for C's coloring for $11.
After our morning of shopping, we grabbed some mexican for lunch, and Greaters ice cream before we had to say our goodbyes. It was so great seeing Hannah. I'm excited that she is gonna be down for spring break in just a couple weeks!
We drove back to KY, picked up Charlotte, stopped in to visit Nana (who is still in the hospital), stopped at Zaxby's for dinner, and all collapsed into bed! Sunday we had a little bit of a lazy morning and then headed back to AL. Now we get a couple week break before hitting the pavement again :) See you next time!
It was a beautiful day for a drive home Sunday morning!
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