Well I have to start out by saying I wish I had edited me out of this pic. Well this is the start of our vacation. We spanned it out over a few weeks so this one is in the first of August. Which here in Georgia is fairly hot and on this day in particular it was around 98. I know that because after a wonderful day at Six Flags we came out to a car that would not start. Then once we finally got it to start we were only running on 1 battery(our car has to have 2). Well we make it oh let say 5 miles from Six Flags when our car dies on the side of the interstate. We were able to coast off the interstate to a very less desirable area. So needless to say 3 hours on the side of the road with 6 kids in 98 degree weather was not fun. Now I will go to the highlights. This is a picture of the Thomas area at Six Flags. It was new this ye
ar and did not have too much but the kids loved it. The boys are really into Thomas and the area had a really nice playground where we stayed for over 30 minutes. Then we decided to ride some rides. Poor Ian has been blessed with his mom's stomach so he chooses not to ride to many rides. This is the one he chose to ride. They are all on here but you can not see Nathan. I will attest that he had the biggest grin on his face however Ian had the most grim face on once the ride started. He can not stand to go up and down and that is what the ride did. So from here on he would only ride stable rides like the trucks. So that was our adventure to Six Flags were we all decided we would do each year. Then our kids started school on August 1st. Then we were out for a week in September. We had Donna(Tina's mom) to come down and she spent the whole week with us which was truly alot of fun. We were really glad to have her be with us on our vacation. Well we decided to stay near home to conserve money since gas was way expensive
. We went to the Greenville zoo. The zoo was small but was so much fun. It felt as if we were the only ones there and pretty much we were only 1 out of probably 3 groups this day. The animals are really close as you can tell from this picture. We were with in 10 feet I would say. We say monkeys, reptiles, spiders, giraffes, huge turtles, tigers, lion, farm animals, and apes. The great apes were funny. They would holler when someone was there looking at them They do it to mark their territory. So whoever is the loudest gets the best spot. Well I think that we were able to give them a run for it but decided that we would roam free and let them have their cage. We then saw a baby gorilla which was awesome. Then we ate
a little lunch where the squirrels gave us a run for our food which some of us freely shared. We then left the zoo and waled across the parking lot to one of the best playgrounds that I have seen in a while. They have lots of things to plan on and a playground of science things. The had motion items there where your body weight or movements controlled them. This is Nathan and dad swinging in the park. Well a few days later we went to the Georgia Aquarium which rocked. This was an awesome experience. We were able to see lots and lots of different fish, stingrays, whales and sharks. You could walk under the aquarium with the fish going over you which the kids loved. We were there for about 3-4 hours. The only down was they closed at 5 so we wanted to leave with enough time so that we would not have to be in too much Atlanta rush hour traffic (which can get really bad) especially that my mom had to drive because we would not all fit in the car. Then on the way there we came
upon a wreck and traffic that was a a stop for miles. So we took the country route which added roughly an hour and a half to our time. So needless to say it did not start as we would of liked but it ended well. So this was our vacation for this summer. Now we have in 2 weeks another week out of school for Thanksgiving and I think that their granny may come get them or at least some of them and go to her house for a couple of days. Then we have Christmas break not long after that. Well thanks for reading. I hope we did not bore you. ;)
Well I have to start out by saying I wish I had edited me out of this pic. Well this is the start of our vacation. We spanned it out over a few weeks so this one is in the first of August. Which here in Georgia is fairly hot and on this day in particular it was around 98. I know that because after a wonderful day at Six Flags we came out to a car that would not start. Then once we finally got it to start we were only running on 1 battery(our car has to have 2). Well we make it oh let say 5 miles from Six Flags when our car dies on the side of the interstate. We were able to coast off the interstate to a very less desirable area. So needless to say 3 hours on the side of the road with 6 kids in 98 degree weather was not fun. Now I will go to the highlights. This is a picture of the Thomas area at Six Flags. It was new this ye
ar and did not have too much but the kids loved it. The boys are really into Thomas and the area had a really nice playground where we stayed for over 30 minutes. Then we decided to ride some rides. Poor Ian has been blessed with his mom's stomach so he chooses not to ride to many rides. This is the one he chose to ride. They are all on here but you can not see Nathan. I will attest that he had the biggest grin on his face however Ian had the most grim face on once the ride started. He can not stand to go up and down and that is what the ride did. So from here on he would only ride stable rides like the trucks. So that was our adventure to Six Flags were we all decided we would do each year. Then our kids started school on August 1st. Then we were out for a week in September. We had Donna(Tina's mom) to come down and she spent the whole week with us which was truly alot of fun. We were really glad to have her be with us on our vacation. Well we decided to stay near home to conserve money since gas was way expensive
. We went to the Greenville zoo. The zoo was small but was so much fun. It felt as if we were the only ones there and pretty much we were only 1 out of probably 3 groups this day. The animals are really close as you can tell from this picture. We were with in 10 feet I would say. We say monkeys, reptiles, spiders, giraffes, huge turtles, tigers, lion, farm animals, and apes. The great apes were funny. They would holler when someone was there looking at them They do it to mark their territory. So whoever is the loudest gets the best spot. Well I think that we were able to give them a run for it but decided that we would roam free and let them have their cage. We then saw a baby gorilla which was awesome. Then we ate 
a little lunch where the squirrels gave us a run for our food which some of us freely shared. We then left the zoo and waled across the parking lot to one of the best playgrounds that I have seen in a while. They have lots of things to plan on and a playground of science things. The had motion items there where your body weight or movements controlled them. This is Nathan and dad swinging in the park. Well a few days later we went to the Georgia Aquarium which rocked. This was an awesome experience. We were able to see lots and lots of different fish, stingrays, whales and sharks. You could walk under the aquarium with the fish going over you which the kids loved. We were there for about 3-4 hours. The only down was they closed at 5 so we wanted to leave with enough time so that we would not have to be in too much Atlanta rush hour traffic (which can get really bad) especially that my mom had to drive because we would not all fit in the car. Then on the way there we came 
upon a wreck and traffic that was a a stop for miles. So we took the country route which added roughly an hour and a half to our time. So needless to say it did not start as we would of liked but it ended well. So this was our vacation for this summer. Now we have in 2 weeks another week out of school for Thanksgiving and I think that their granny may come get them or at least some of them and go to her house for a couple of days. Then we have Christmas break not long after that. Well thanks for reading. I hope we did not bore you. ;)
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