There and back again-a vacation story in pictures. (Post #99!!!)

Disclaimer:

This is a LONG picture post. I will type as little

as possible.

You're welcome.

Ok, so this isn't a vacation pic-but my hair is straight

and that NEVER happens and I wanted everyone

to see it. Thank you Mary for using your Chi so well!

Now for the vacation:

The kids on the porch at Priester's Pecans.

Another pic by Paul on the top of Stone Mountain.

I didn't freak out when I saw this one-then I realized

it's the zoomed one...

this is the actual shot! Paul swears they weren't

in as much danger as it looks!! He says they weren't

actually sitting on the edge of the world

mountain, that it gently sloped down behind them

and there was even a fence. Humph.

I thought this was a really cool shot.

This is the mountain face-it has a beautiful intricate

relief of three Confederate heroes (Davis, Lee, and Grant,) and they do a

fantastic laser light show right on the mountain itself!

There are tons of other things to do-check out their website!

This is just us! :)

Waiting for the show to start! It was the Fourth of

July show and it was fantastic! I totally didn't cry!

(Yeah, yeah, I know it's not Monday!)

Now for the Six Flags and White Water pics!

This is me with my Wonder Woman cape that

Paul won for me.

Totally appropriate, I think! Hehe!

Nothing like a family Fourth of July pic with

Tweety Bird!

Jacob and Batman! He was so excited that Batman

spoke!! (Cause none of the cartoon characters did)

Paul and Noah on the Carousel.
A bit of trivia:
A carousel goes counter-clockwise,
a merry-go-round goes clockwise.
That's the only difference!
Love Marvin the Martian!!
Paul chillaxin at the water park!
Syd cheesin in the pool.

Ash also cheesin in the pool!

Jacob cheesin in the pool!
(getting redundant...sorry!)

Noah playing at the kiddie pool. He had a

blast at the water park!!

Emmie just being Emmie.

Paul fought the no-nap monster and won!

Paul with friends from church-

Mandy, her son Noah, and Lindsay!

Ashton and Emmie looking down from the

sky bucket.

Syd riding the trucks with Noah!

Me and Emmie riding the trucks. Also my

favorite pic-taken by Sydney. :)

We had a great time! It wasn't too hot, and we spent

lots of family time together! It was wonderful.

I have tons more pics, but I figure that's enough!!

I wish blogger had a simpler uploader.

Anyone know a faster way to upload pics?

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Just wanted to point out-this is post 99!!

It doesn't seem possible that I'm almost to 100!

For those that are interested, scroll back up and

click on the link to Priester's Pecans. Pick out

some YUMMY goodies and be ready to

tell me what you'd like to try!

Watch for my post tomorrow for

more information!!

TTFN,

Wordless Wednesday-Ash and Jacob on top of the world!

(Or maybe just on top of Stone Mountain!)

Photo courtesy of Paul.

TTFN,

Not Me! Monday-vacation style!!

Welcome to "Not Me" Monday-

Where we get to admit deny

all the not-so-fantastic things we

didn't do this week. Cause, you know,

we'd never admit the things we actually did.

Brought to you by MckMama.

Hop on over and read what she and

all the other moms have not done this week!

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We did not take a vacation to Atlanta this week!

It was not a 4 day church trip that we just extended

to make a full 7 day vacation! I would never insist on

stopping by here

along the way, because it is not my ALL TIME FAVORITE

nut place! And I don't mean the padded wall kind of nut place either!

I'm talking PECANS! OMGosh. And I have not totally eaten a whole

bag of my favorite kind-honey glazed-in a week!!

Cause I'm totally not that gluttonous!

(well, I might have shared some)

(And I might share some with one of YOU

when I hit my 100th post in a day or two-just sayin!)

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I didn't mildly freak out when I looked up and saw THIS

out the front windshield!! (Thankfully, I wasn't driving!) Once

I realized there wasn't any danger , I didn't immediately grab

my camera with this exact post in mind!!

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My two little ones did not wake up every morning of

vacation by 6 AM. Since Paul got up around that time anyway,

I seriously didn't put them both in the bed with me

in the hopes of getting more sleep-and, as evidenced by

this pic I was able to snap by playing the ISO setting

on my camera (thanks, MckMama and Brittany!) it didn't

work, EVERY MORNING!

I was not then able to catch a few more hours sleep.

It was so not wonderful.

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We didn't spend an entire day in the Six Flags White

Water Park. I do not have a one year old who HATES

water. It didn't take hours for me to convince her

to just STAND ON THE GROUND! Finally, she didn't

let me set her down, and she didn't run around

waving and grinning at everyone. But she would have

never still freaked out EVERY time water touched her!

She didn't look totally cute in her bathing suit, and got no

comments at all from passing strangers about it.

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And in one of the unfunniest moments of the week,

Paul and I took this pic

in which I am absoutely not wearing Emmie's bow in my

hair-cause that would be just silly-and I would
never post a pic if I did. This is not one of mine and Paul's

favorite characters, and as we were walking away, Jacob

did not ask, "Momma, why is his name 'Popcorn Leghorn?'"

Nope, my kids know their Looney Tunes better

than that!!

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Anyway, sorry this is so late!!

TTFN,

I'm still alive!! And Happy Fourth!!

Just had a few minutes to stop in and say

Hi! I'm still around!!

We're still in Hotlanta Atlanta

having a really good time!

Acutally, the weather has been much nicer

that I thought it was going to be!

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I did a little catch-up reading tonight, but

didn't even almost get caught up, so

if I haven't commented on your blog in

a while, know that I will as soon as I can!!

I'll post more when we get home-we'll be

home Sunday afternoon, but I don't imagine

I'll get another chance to post before Monday.

So till then my friends,

I miss you all, and have a

Happy Fourth of July!!

TTFN,

P.S. Sorry I don't even have one picture to post...

the camera is in the van!