A Day at Gatorland

Saturday was our annual trek to Gatorland and the only thing that we missed was the gators weren't very active in the breeding marsh, it was very quiet unlike the last two years we have gone.

This is a little girl that was ready to go.


This is one of the big alligators in the Gator Jumperoo Show and I guess he was just reserving his sunny spot for the day.


If you look close you can see the two baby birds, they were the first we saw today.


Kaleigh and her new-found friends. She walked right up to them and started feeding them the corn. It was just one piece at a time but she was feeding them.


This goat got a map from some other visitors and made a meal of it. He ran right to the center of the pen so the map couldn't be taken away before he was done.


It's going to take a while to get his fill at this rate.


One last piece.


Bye-bye goats, see you next year.




In the swamp walk.


Bad feather day.


Spoonbills, we don't normally see them this close because they nest on the other side of the marsh but for some reason they we on this side of the water walking around in this tree.




Getting ready to go on the train ride. Hard to get this shot because I had the long zoom on the camera and couldn't get back any farther.


Kaleigh wasn't so brave at the splash pad. Hoping Daddy would protect her.


Riley on the other was having a really good time.


Just so you know we did see lots of alligators.


The first ice cream out by the pool this year. I'm sure this will happen many more times this year.



We had a great time at Gatorland, it didn't get as hot as we thought it would and there was a breeze throughout the whole park.

Flower Festival at EPCOT

This is one of our favorite times to head out to EPCOT, during the Flower and Garden Festival. This year there seemed to be more displays and flowers so we really enjoyed that.

As you can see from the pictures it was pretty overcast but we lucked out and it didn't really start to pour until we left the park. We were prepared and had our raincoats so our day couldn't be ruin in any way.

The display as we entered the park.


My favorite, the butterfly house.


Some of the many flowers.





The bonsais in Japan, I'm always impressed by them.

This is the first time Riley has walked up to any character, it took a bit of coaxing but he finally did it. The whole time we were in line he talked about giving Mickey high fives and getting next to him and when his turn came he got all shy. But Mickey and Minnie were very patient and we got our picture and Riley got a hug.



Snow White is Kaleigh's new favorite princess.

Vikings and troll in Norway.

We did some things today that we had done in a while including the Kidcot Fun Stops, the kids really enjoyed going to all the stations.

Run to the Sun 8K

Saturday Kim, Tammy, and I did the Run to the Sun 8K in Kim's neck of the woods. It was a beautiful morning and a great race.

Here's the crew. Sami and Breann held down the fort while we did the 8K and then joined us for the 1.2 mile Fun Run which we used as a cool down for the 8K.

Tammy and I finishing up, Kim finished before us because she run/walks and we just walk. Today we were stepping out and Tammy had a personal best.

Here we are on the Fun Run, just taking it easy.

It was a great weekend and we look forward to the next one we all get together for.

Playing

We have been having such beautiful weather in the evening and the kids have really enjoyed playing outside after supper.

He's looking mighty professional.

Almost got the bat on that one. He did make contact a couple of times but I didn't catch those.

Moving onto golf.

Getting everything set up.

Looks more like hockey.


Chalk is next, he is a very busy boy.


Nikki heading off to the gym, Andy and Kaleigh just returning from their walk.

Riley caught a ride up the driveway.

Time to pick up.

One last slide.

We are hoping this weather stays around for a while.

Everyone In Their Favorite Place

I think the title says it all!