Playing in the Rain :)

One of my Most Favorites :)

More of my Favorite Shots from Wild Adventures :)

These little guys were adorable. They had a dove release in the park, and these little boys were terrified of those doves. The handler finally got them to pet the bird, and then they helped him release it. Their expressions were priceless. :)



Will was in the bumper cars and his car got stuck. He was begging people to bump him and get him loose, and he finally got loose, and drove 4 feet before the ride was over :)
Acting silly on the baby roller coaster. :) It had about a 4-inch hill to go down. It's amazing what teenagers will do to entertain their 3 year old baby brother.
This? Have no idea. They were there, I took a picture :)
We saw the Veggietales show. RJ went on stage for part of it, but when these characters came out, he would have nothing to do with them! I made Mikell pose with them for me :)
Thumbs up to Daddy while waiting for the train to start moving.
And Daddy riding the little choo-choo :) RJ was the conductor up front.
Will going down the slide on a croaker sack :) Check out my My Flickr Pics to see RJ's experience with this slide.
Mikell and his new scaly friend. There was a guy and girl walking around the park carrying this little gator with his snout taped shut. They would let people hold him and then take a picture. You know, where they give you a ticket and you go view your pictures at the end of the day, and they hope you buy one? The guy was taking pictures with a Nikon. I asked him why I would pay for that rubbish when I had a perfectly good Canon around my neck?!?!? He was a good sport, he laughed and confided that he was actually a Canon man, himself.
And THIS...this thing just tickled me to death. I can't remember what it's called, but it had the funniest expressions. :)
RJ bonding with some other youngsters at the petting zoo. :)
And Melinda riding the kiddie-coaster while RJ was riding the "Duckie Boats" :)

Wild Adventures Day 2 ~ Splash Island

We spent the 2nd day at the water park. Needless to say, we had a much cooler day! It's a pretty cool water park, with the standard water-park attractions. The lazy river ...

Splash and slide play complex. This was pretty neat, but RJ wasn't into it because no matter where you are, water is constantly spraying or falling into your face from somewhere. I didn't care for that either. Too many years of wearing contacts I guess, can't stand water in my face...

They had some great water slides. This is "Tri-phoon" (although a more appropriate name would be 'the Wedgie-nator'!), 3 water slides that are very high, and very fast. We had a great time on those.

They also have slides that you go down sitting on intertubes.

RJ had most of his fun in "Tadpole Cove", with slides and water fun just his size. :)

If you're in the Southeastern US, and you like water parks, I recommend it :)

Wild Adventures

We spent last weekend at a theme park in Georgia called "Wild Adventures" :) It was good to get away and just have some fun for a little while as a family.

While I jokingly refer to it as "white trash Disney", it really is a pretty cool place. We had a great time, and the little one went until we made him stop. He is still tired, but he talks about it every day and is ready to go back.

You can see more pics Here :o)

My Secret Garden :)

Arte y Pico

An award given to me by one of my favorite blogging friends ~ Mike over at
"This I Do"

"What is the meaning of the expression: Arte y Pico
What is the meaning of the expression: And basically, ironically, it translates into a wonderful phrase in Mexico, “lo maximo.” LOL! It will never find its counterpart in English, but if it HAD to, it would be something like, Wow. The Best Art. Over the top."

Thank you Mike :)

Photo project

for 'Iron Photographer'

three elements are a stone, the color blue, and vivid color

Day at the Beach

Started like this...

and ended up beautiful :)

more photos here

The only dog I've ever had...

That WANTS in the tub! LOL

Welcome to the Caterpillar Buffet

Monarch caterpillars were everywhere at the park today