Our Summer (So Far)

We have been having SO much fun this summer!  Unfortunately, I haven't taken any pictures.  :(  My plan was to do at least one "fun" thing each week.  Sometimes I feel like I get so caught up in things I have to do because we are out of school and I have extra time, that I just forget to make time for the fun stuff.  Not this summer, though!  So far, we have went camping, to Fernbank, swimming, swimming and more swimming.  Next week is VBS, then it's off to Panama City for the 4th of July week.  Hoping the oil stays away, but if not, there is a fabulous pool at the resort. I spent A LOT of time researching resorts to find the one that would offer us many other things to do in case the beach was unavailable.  I hope that's not the case though.  That whole situation saddens me.  We had reservations to camp on Santa Rosa Island, but unfortunately the oil has already touched the beaches there.  Anyway, we are staying at Edgewater Beach Resort which is where we will be in October for one of Brynn's meets.  We thought it would be nice to check it out before then too.

                                         picture courtesy of 4 panama city beach condo

I have no idea what we will be doing when we get back, but it will soon be time to order curriculum for next year and Brynn's meet season will be starting.  Parker is going to be playing soccer again, so that will start soon as well.  So many things to look forward to!

Fernbank Museum

Thursday Nana and I decided to take the kids to the Fernbank Museum.  Greg and I bought a membership in January and haven't used it in a while.  They have a new Gecko exhibit that the kids thought was super cool.  So did I.  Who knew there we so many different types of Geckos?  Very neat.  If you have never been here, it truly it an exceptional place. So many things to see and learn about and really keeps the kids attention. Plus, it's inside, and when it's 900 degrees outside like it is here in Georgia, that's a good thing.

  Seeing how much bigger a dinosaur footprint is than their hands.  Much, is the answer. 
























In front of the Stegosaurus.  Parker brought "Stomp"  on this field trip.  Appropriate, I thought.

We watched the Imax movie "Bugs" before we left.  Very cool. And educational.  Love that! 

We had a really great day and will have to go back very soon.  It always seems like we don't have time to do quite everything there.  Next time we will have to take a trip to the Planetarium also.  It has been a while since we took them there.

I hope we can make time to go on many more trips this summer.  Sometimes it feels like we have to many other things to do, but maybe we can use one day each week to do something different.

By the way, Brynn isn't crying, the sun is in her eyes.  :)

We're Back!

We had so much fun on our camping trip this past weekend!  It was a little wet, but having the camper helped out tremendously.  Not so much on laundry though.  Friday evening we just ate some hamburgers and hot dogs and relaxed after setting up.  Saturday we decided we would go to the Laser Show but went with the reserved seating since it was going to be CRAZY packed that night.  Well worth the money and no chairs to carry. 

Sunday we went for a drive to feed the ducks at the covered bridge.  It is such a special place for us since that's where Greg asked me to marry him.  We try to visit each time we go.  We hiked through the trails that were there  all along the lake. The kids really enjoyed that.  I think they investigated every hole on every tree and every rock they came across.  So cute! We stopped at the Mill and the kids played in the water for quite a while.  I normally would have had them in bathing suits, but it was a spur of the moment idea. Those are always the best.  :)

Parker thinking this is pretty cool.

Brynn getting completely pummeled by the waterfall.  She loved it!

All done and ready to go.  They had a fantastic time.  We are going to have to make time to do this often during the summer. 

We packed up to come home Monday, but made some amazing memories over the weekend.  I can't wait to go again!