Day One: Six kids under eight.

One teenager, four youngish adults, two grandparents. That's who all went on vacation with us last week, as our little spring break trip to Colonial Williamsburg turned into a huge family trip with Chris's parents (Mike & Judy), and his brother and his wife (Mike and Becky), and three of their four kids (Heather [19], Stephen [8], and Lilly [3] . Plus Chris and I and our three kids. Amazingly enough, IT WENT WELL. No fights, no bickering except for a few temper tantrums from Sophie. Everyone just had a good time!

I, of course, took a lot of pictures. A LOT. And if I wasn't taking them, then Chris, or Becky, or Sophie was taking them. I'm going to break them up into different posts, so that each one won't take so long to load. This first one is from our trip down....