Tennessee Aquarium

We took the kids to the Tennessee Aquarium and they had a really nice time. It's right on the river in down town Chattanooga. There is lots to do but on this trip we only visited the two main buildings. One building is dedicated to creatures and fishes of tropical and ocean waters. The other showcases rivers and fresh water lakes.

They petted the sting rays.

They saw tropical fish, sharks and sea turtles!

And they even got to splash in the wading pool/stream that runs along the outside of the aquarium buildings. Lots and lots of fun....And lots and lots of fits that were thrown when we tried to get Garrett out of the water ;)

Here comes Peter Cotton Tail.........

Yippee! It's Easter morning and a sneaky little creature of the rabbit variety left some of his personal affects all "ALL OVER THE PLACE"! What kind of things am I talking about you ask? Well, lets see...... There were plastic eggs filled with candies all over the outside and to make matters worse, he broke into the house and left each kiddo a basket with a stuffed bunny, a chocolate bunny (like they need one of those ;) and a book for each of them. Well....... the book was a good choice.

Little girls and boys woke up to find these wonderful surprises and had lots od fun hunting for the eggs and of course eating the candies!!.

Their Nonni and Papa flew in from Dallas, TX to spend the Easter holiday with us in our new house! We had a wonderful time visiting and having fun with each other!

We just moved into our new house over the Spring Break holiday and we are enjoying it very, very much! This is such a great house and we love it! It might be hard to tell unless you enlarge the pictures but it's painted brick and siding. It turned out very nice!

Happy Easter Everyone!!!

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Easter Pics will be up shortly and we'll finally get something new to read and look at since...... Oh, Christmas ;)

Oh ya! It's Valentines whether you LIKE IT or NOT!

Merry Christmas From North Carolina!!

We spent Christmas in the Smokey Mountains!! My brother Chris came all the way from Houston, my Mom and Dad from Dallas and we of course only had to drive a few hours north of Atlanta. We all had a really nice time and got a little snowed in ;)
Matt and Uncle Chris taught Genevieve how to Ice Skate!
Nonni took Genevieve sledding. I think they went down the hill a hundred times!!

We all had tons of fun, even Garrett although he didn't get to Ski, Sled or Ice Skate. He was stuck hanging out with Mommy most of the time. Next year sweet boy I promise!!!
~MERRY CHRISTMAS~

Tire Swinging

Getting a few good swings in before the weather gets too cold!

She sure does like to go high!! What a cutie......... I think Garrett was taking a nap while we were sharing a mom and daughter moment!

Did I mention that you're a CUTIE!!

Annual Pumpkin Patching

We took our annual pilgrimage to Bert's Pumpkin Patch where they have the best pumpkins for carving, decorating with, and taking pictures on. This year however we hit a new spot called Yahoo Farm, and I do recommend it if you want to stay away from the crazy crowds at Bert's. It's a much slower paced kind of place and offers attractions that Bert's doesn't, like pony rides, a bounce house, barn yard animals, corn cannon, and a butterfly garden.





Had to add this one..... Genevieve and Garrett stopped and posed for pictures. The wall behind them was the hind ends of those same animals. I really entertained the idea of making them take the picture using that side, but I was feeling generous for some reason that morning and didn't...... It would have been just as cute, butt funnier, Hee hee!



Happy Fall!!!

Happy 4th Birthday!!!

Today Genevieve celebrated her 4th birthday at The Bounce House" with all of her friends. They had lots to do, some bounced, some played with toys and a few hung around outside the party room waiting for the party to start. "I think they were just eyeballing all of the cupcakes I made"!!

Everyone had a great time and Genevieve got lots of wonderful gifts. Thanks Everyone!!


Friday Nonni and I brought cupcakes for Genevieve's class. Garrett was there too and had a good time sitting at the big kids table while they ate their cupcakes. He's going to turn 1 years old Friday the 24th so he was just practicing for the BIG DAY!

Happy Birthday Big Girl, We love you!!!!!!!!1

Heritage Hometead

TEXAS TRIP!!

The kids and I took a trip home to Texas and while there we did lots of fun stuff with my parents, family and friends. Amongst other things we took a short road trip down to Heritage Homestead, it's a little north of Waco and a pretty interesting place. A self sufficient community similar to what we think of as "Amish" although they do use electricity and drive cars.

We started out in their little cafe for lunch. They have a great "Sweet Potato & Jalapeno Soup" homemade ice cream, pies and cakes. Fun Times!!!

Pool Initiation

Garrett has been afraid to get into Genevieve's pool. I thought he might be more open to splashing around in a smaller one... Hence the beer tub. Hmm, does that make this a "Red neck" kiddie pool? Probably so, Tee Hee! I put his bath toys in it, and it worked FUN-FUN!

After splashing in the little pool for a while the big pool didn't seem so intimidating. Look! he got right in and didn't fuss about it at all.

He didn't even mind Genevieve splashing around him and dragging him in his turtle around the pool.

The two of them had such a good time playing together... I'm glad he finally took an interest in the pool and wanted to get in with her.

Genevieve has been taking swimming lessons and is doing very well. She wears her goggles whenever she gets in the pool so she can practice going "Deep Under" as she calls it.

They are both the cutest ever !!!!