After the beach, the fun continues...............                                                . 

On our way back to Aunt Keli's we decided to take the ferry.  The kids loved being able to drive the cars on to the boat and watching the sea life and birds during the ride. Preston was able to capture some awesome shots.....

Aren't these great? He's just amazing!!!!

Cousin Karson and Davis helped Uncle Chris mow the yard. Davis only thought it was gonna be fun.  Karson was just grateful he didn't need a license.

(Abby with cousins Christyn and Cassidy)

Here's a few pics at a place called Blue Rabbit in AL. It's a great place for the kids to just run around, and the parents can watch; and best of all, it's inside with air conditioning.  There is a working train that Davis couldn't stay off of, lots of climbing ropes, tunnels, arcades, etc.

 

The kids with Gamma

Dad and Davis on the train.

Davis with cousin Karson

Just Davis

Everyone needs at least one Emergency Room visit on their vacation!!  On Sunday morning, Preston and Davis are horsing around, and Preston hears Davis' wrist POP!! Davis just cries and cries, holding his arm close to him.  After about an hour, we decided we might better go and have it checked out.  We splinted it just in case, gave him some meds, and  headed to the hospital. 

Davis is so sad and would only let mom hold him, and he is very careful with his arm.  The nurse calls us back to take an assessment. We explain the story, as she takes off the great splint mom made out of plastic forks, thank you. There was some swelling and tenderness. At this point, Preston is feeling like the worst dad ever. Poor guy!! The nurse sends us back out to the waiting room to wait for the doctor.  Preston and I sit as Davis decides he wants down to walk around and talk to the locals. We are watching him play around on the chairs using that arm like nothing ever happened!! Yep, He got us! So we went back to Aunt Keli's without seeing the doc.

We wanted to go see some of the areas hit by Katrina in New Orleans. Kevin (Kayce's youngest brother) and Tracey (who is from N.O.) took us on a tour of some of the hardest hit places.

This is in 9th Ward, looking straight at the front steps of what used to be a home.  In the back ground you can see exactly where the levy broke.

More of the destruction.

On Canal St. downtown N.O. underneath a bridge, there are people still living in tents 3 years post Katrina.

Can't go to New Orleans and not go to the French Quarters and of course Cafe Du Monde.

Home of the best beniets (they're like a fried square donut covered in powdered sugar)

There is always some hometown local entertainment on the corner. Preston did a fantastic job capturing the true spirit of the New Orleans French Quarters.

What's this white stuff all over me?

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

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New Pics of the Kids

So here are some fun pictures I took of the kids this past week. Thought you might enjoy seeing just how big they are getting. The funny face Davis is making is his Monkey face. We think it is pretty funny.

DA DA DA DAAAAA!!!!!

I know, I know....I can't believe it either. here we are, posting again. For those of you that still happen to frequent this page to see if we have updated it....we say thank you for your continued perseverance. There have been some recent events in our lives worth posting about, so i figured I would post some pictures and blog for a brief moment. This past Memorial Day, we took the kids and had some great family time at the Dinosaur museum. Gamma went with us and was the lucky one to be able to chase Davis around the joint and all but pulling the bones down. Thanks gamma for being such a good helper. Abby was also a good big sister and was happy to show Davis the cool bones and such. Cousin Mike was hanging out with us over the weekend and he even took his turn chasing Davis too!


We had a blast having Mike stay with us and needless to say, well the museum was glad to see us go.

On another note, we had a special visitor all the way from Australia. We has Sister Quail, a Sister in my mission, and her cute kids visit us. They brought us some fun treats that I miss from Australia that included Tim Tams and Top Deck chocolate bars. She also brought the kids some cute t-shirts that they wear every day! Special thanks to Mom and Bob for being gracious hosts and preparing a great meal! Here are some fun pictures we took while she was here.

BROKEN COMPUTER!!

I promise that I am not ignoring the blog on purpose. Our computers power supply went out in our computer which in turn then fried our hard drive. The Computer Geek at the store told me that in order to fix it we would need an entirely new computer. RIGHT!! Well my good friend and Brother of the Belt has told me that he is giving me his gently used computer after giving his wife a new one for her birthday. THANKS CHARLES AND MINDY!! As soon as we get our "NEW/gently used" computer up and running, we will be back on the Blogging Band Wagon! New posts to come when that happens! Love to All!!

The Pumpkin Carve

It's that time of year again....to cut the tops off pumpkins and dig out their insides. There is nothing like getting pumpkin seeds all over your carpet! Ahhh the sweet traditions we keep alive! Abby is very proud of her baby pumpkin that she carved all by her self. As you can tell from the pictures, Kayce as always went for the more challenging design...If you can't tell or do not have young kids, that is Sponge Bob carved into the pumpkin. Abby was very excited about that. As for me well, I just had fun watching the girls get into their pumpkins so I went with the standard Jack-O'Lantern. As for Davis, he was more interested in eating the stuff inside the pumpkins and pushing the chairs over.

KK's B-Day

We all had a fun day with KK celebrating her birthday. We went to CPK (California Pizza Kitchen) with Grammy Vicki and had a yummy lunch. The rest of the day was business as usual until that evening when the kids and I took Kayce to dinner at Fuddruckers. Gamma Mitzi was able to join us and it was fun to have her along too! Other than the cold rainy day it had been, it was fun to share this special day with Kayce.