georgia aquarium

This is me & and my brother, James. We took the children to Georgia Aquarium and my brothers family went with us, his wife, Carrie, and daughter, Alyssa (who is Josiah's age).The lake across the road was frozen over, and I walked out on it a few times. I let Josiah walk out with me the one time, but not very far.The children are petting stingrays and baby hammerhead sharks. Here we are petting the horseshoe crabs, star fish and pincushions (how so you pet those??).This is the big tunnel aquarium. We walk through and the huge whale sharks, and goliath groupers swim over head, along with lots of others.   This room where the children are all sitting is where we seem to sit the longest. There are so many different animals swimming around that its hard to get bored. Enormous stingrays, and mantas, the list goes on and on..

 Right where I needed them, in a cage!!! :)Stonewall was so cute sitting by the penguins!!!And some nice man offered to take the picture so that I could be in it! Wasn't that sooo nice!          And here is me out on the frozen lake. So, for anyone who watched the news this night, yes, the night I'm on this lake, I have to make a few points. First off, if you didn't watch the news, this same day three boys in a different subdivision on a different lake fell in. Two didn't make it out. That being said, 1.I am only 1 small person, not 3 big boys. 2.I did not play on the ice, I was very careful and watched for cracking. 3.I was not out in the middle. That being said, Nick and James were not all that happy with me, since they didn't think it was the brightest idea to start with. =)  Maybe next time I'll try it where it freezes a little harder!

just another day on this dirtball

Just a quick post, I don't really have time for much more. Yesterday, early morning my Dad passed away. He lived here in town and we usually check on him every few days. He was not in good health for some time now. We were out of town this weekend taking the children to Georgia Aquarium for a later Christmas present (we'll do pics & a post on that later). My brother is heading in from Georgia, and us three girls live right around here. Please pray, there's a bit of things to tend (most of which will fall on my brother, he's the oldest). Thank you!

fun with friends

We made a trip to Destin the other day. I wanted to get pictures of Nick and Levi in front of the big tree, to go with the others. Mostly everyone acted like a goof, it must run in the family!!! We took a few of the children's friends too. Alex is king goof and is responsible for at least part of my Buddy's goofiness lately! Here Alex and Caleb were picking out clothes, NOT!!!!

See how happy Caleb is to have his brother back from the Congo!!  =)

Finally an almost serious picture. This is the fish tank at Bass Pro Shop. My children think its a necessary stop on this road! This is Paige and her friend, Cali, daydreaming of a 4-wheeler to play on!

Finally, the pictures I was missing from the last trip. 

The huge tree was just right for getting pictures in front of.

You see my problem getting a serious picture, right??

And of course, we had to take over the play area for a little while! But, it was sooooooooo cold. It's really just gotten cold here, and we aren't quite used to it yet.

Nick is so used to the extreme heat in the Congo 

(it is their summer),he didn't even bring a jacket! 

We had a great time playing together, even if it was cold.