Fabulous Free Vacation........

So here is how we went away for the weekend. We worked at the Kids Exchange to pay for all our meals. We used our credit card points to pay for our hotel. The only thing left was gas!! We used our Kids Exchange money I got for selling toys and clothes to pay for school supplies and shoes!! What a way to take a getaway!!

So, you ask what we did on our vacation......we got up at 3 am Friday morning and went to Spartanburg SC to watch the Panthers training camp. We had no idea how this would be, but it was FABULOUS! We got a lot of autographs of the players and coaches and we were able to watch the panthers practice......all for free. They had a box where you could sign your kids up to get a free t-shirt and go to a special section of the practice field. Can you believe that out of hundreds of names, Joshua was one of the 5 names chosen? He went down to the practice field and then after that he got paired off with a Panther player.....somehow he got De Angelo Williams who is his FAVORITE player. He got his picture taken with him and some of the other big name players. He loved every minute of it. We checked into our hotel after that, took the kids swimming and then went back at 6 for another training camp session. What a great way to see the players up close and talk with them. Finally, Saturday we drove up to Charlotte and the kids got to see the stadium, walk on the field etc. Another free opportunity to see the team in action. On the way home we stopped quickly at Concord Mills Mall and bought shoes and a jumper and then headed home. More pictures during the week!