Happy Easter

We had a wonderful Easter in Florida! The kids really enjoyed doing many Easter activities outside!
They were up at 7am enjoying their baskets! Good thing Daddy left a note for the Easter Bunny telling him that we were at Nanny and Papa's.

When it's 70 degrees at 8am we can have an early morning Easter egg hunt (while still in your jammies).

and when it's 90 in the afternoon..how about a game of badminton in your swimsuit~

then go for a swim!

HAPPY EASTER FROM FLORIDA!!! Be home soon :)

Floating Away

On a beautiful Florida afternoon we went tubing down the Santa Fe river!
Mother nature was absolutely perfect during our 1 1/2 hour trip down river!

The kids had so much fun! We were a little unsure how they would do sitting on the tube for that long...but I couldn't write a better way to spend quality time with my family. It was perfect!

Papa and Nanny sent us off snapping pictures and picked us up at the end of the tube run ~ next time (now that we are experienced river tubers) Nanny and Papa are going with us!

The Chicks!

Papa brought home 6 baby chicks :)
The kids named them.. A B C D E and F They can even tell them apart.. they go in order of lightest to darkest.

In the Sand

We had a great day just playing in the sand at Daytona!

Drew is making me sand soup and ice cream~ Yummy

Emma created sand meatloaf!

:)

I get it

I will be the first to admit that I never "got it" when it came to the phenomenon of NASCAR. But wow after visiting the Daytona 500 I have a new appreciation. Now I am not rushing out to buy me a Jeff Gordon or Jimmy Johnson shirt nor will I be glued to the TV every Sunday.. but I definitely do have a new appreciation!
The track tour and the facility were amazing!

Gentlemen start your engines! This is the start line.

And here's the finish line!

Here we are in the cars tractor trailer lot looking at the garages. Up above is the lap marker board.

Here we are in Victory Lane :)

Coming up on turn 4! I was never really able to get a really good picture of the embankment ~ I did learn it is at 31 degree angle and you should be traveling 90MPH to stay up on the embankment. WOW!

We did get to watch this car run hot laps from the infield. Drew thought that was really cool.

And here they are standing next to the 2009 Daytona 500 winning car!

I really did enjoy our outing at the Daytona 500 experience! The science, teamwork and loyalty that goes into every car and every race is truly unbelievable!

Destination~ Florida!

Wow! How exciting it is to catch an alligator while fishing!
Even if he is only 3.5 feet long~he is still an alligator and I had no idea what to do! My first reaction was...

I CAUGHT AN ALLIGATOR HAND ME MY CAMERA!!!

We had no other bites that day. So we left before toddler gator went home and told his mommy on us and brought her back for revenge.

Next Stop Atlanta

So here we are in Atlanta at the World of Coca Cola. I wanted to complain that the temperature was 47 and windy but then I found out that it was only 35 at home with a rain snow mix. :)
Yippee! The Coca Cola Polar bear!

This cute little character kisses every bottle of Coke that comes out of a coke machine...in a really really cute movie.

CHEERS! At the end of the tour guests get to taste test hundreds of different coke products from around the world. YUMMY!

1st Stop Knoxville

On your mark~ get set~ GO!!
It's time for our Easter Egg hunt at Aunt Shirley and Uncle Denny's house!

A couple pictures of the kids in the Great Smoky Mountains. Oh and yes, Drew eventually fell of of the rocks hurt his knee and landed half in the water :)

Here they are in the caverns of the Lost Sea. they really enjoyed going here. I will have more scenic pictures once I get home. (I am trying not to clutter up nan's computer with all of my pictures)