Friday, August 20, 2010

Day 4 – Arriving in Cedar Key

On the road again!  The kids were surprisingly good in the car and we made if from Atlanta to Cedar Key all in one piece.  Our Condo was on the third floor and we almost immediately went out to look at the view.

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As expected it was beautiful there.  Then we took a little walk to explore a bit and the kids found their second favorite place on the island (the first being the pool) – a playground!

 

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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Day 3 – A family picture

Day 3 of our trip was a Sunday.  Nathan was planning on attending his 3rd Braves game of the weekend that afternoon, so we decided we would try to go to one of the local state parks that morning.  Supposedly there was one along the Chattahoochee River only a few miles from our hotel.  So we go there, only to find out that it doesn’t open until noon.  Oh well.  We saw a little neighborhood park on our drive there so went back to it and let the kids play on the playground.  I thought it was very pretty little place and thought it would be perfect to take a little family picture. 
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Maybe not.  All Layton did was cry.  Just my luck.  Have a perfectly beautiful background and Layton chooses to be grumpy.  If only he would have turned that frown upside down it would have been a lovely family portrait!
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Day 2 – Stone Mountain

Stone Mountain is supposedly a State Park – but really it has become a lot more like an amusement park!
With a fun obstacle course -
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A very cool ride where you start out on a bus like thing and then it drives right out into the lake! The kids even got to drive it!
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Water to splash and play in
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An awesome “Sky Hike”
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And don’t forget the trip up to the top of the mountain!
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It was a wonderfully fun day – but also very exhausting!!!!!!!!!
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Day 1 – Braves Game

It started out a very bright sunny day.  Gorgeous weather all the way on our drive to Atlanta.  We arrive.  Get unpacked.  Get ready to go to the game.  And whoosh….the heavens opened.  Serious deluge.  That lasted for hours.  Which for us meant a 2 hour rain delay.  So we just made the best of it and waited around in the hallways, splashing through puddles.

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Dallin got him a new hat to help keep the rain off :)

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Finally the rain began to clear, so we went to our water logged seats.

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Lucky for us, that very night, one of the Braves most respected and best pitchers was being inducted into the hall of fame.

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It was a really sweet and surprisingly emotion ceremony.

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Honestly, the ceremony was the best part of the evening!  It was completely worth all that waiting.

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We left the game early because of the long rain delay, the game start at about the time we normally put the kids to bed.  So, we blame ourselves for that night’s loss.  When we left, the Braves were winning, but after we left things just went downhill.  Every game that we have ever been too in person, the Braves have won.  And even the two other games that Nathan went to by himself that weekend, the Braves won.  So we just wanted to apologize to every Braves fan out there – we’re sorry we made them lose that night because we left early!!!

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Happy Birthday to Me!

What more could  a girl wish for than spending a whole week with my family?

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It was the best birthday present ever!

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Swinging Contest

Dallin and Nathan had a swinging contest.  It doesn't even matter who won - all that matters is that I got this picture of Nathan.  I think that makes us all winners.  Because we get to enjoy a chuckle at his expense :)

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Living it up at the Doubletree


P.S.  Next week I will post lost of pictures from our trip.  Right now though, we have the slowest internet connection EVER so I'll just be posting one picture a day for the next few days.  Right at this moment we are enjoying a movie day in the condo we rented in Cedar Key because we are getting some major rainfall.  No worries though.  Tomorrow should be much better weather wise and we plan to take full advantage.  Now, to get back to our movie watching....

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Braves Game

2 hour rain delay.  Very wet seats.  Game not starting until after children's bedtime.  That combined should make for a pretty unhappy experience.  But throw in a little cotton candy and everybody is happy!

Friday, August 6, 2010

Everything but the Kitchen Sink

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What can I say?  We have 3 kids!  I’m actually shocked it wasn’t more!!!!  Don’t you love my huge box of snacks?  I just hope they aren’t gone by the end of the first day :)
We’re leaving today on vacation.  I’ll try to post a few pictures  while we’re away, but don’t be shocked if I don’t :)  Wish us luck!  We have a long car ride to Atlanta ahead of us with three crazy kids.  I’m just hoping to maintain what little bit of sanity I have :)  Happy Summer everyone!

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Guess

who is FINALLY getting a new front tooth!

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Now we are just waiting for the other one to come in so that he can start biting things again like normal :)