A Get Away!

Randy and I decided to get away for a few days alone last week. We just went to Savannah but it felt almost like a paradise just to have a break together!! We booked a room at the Westin Resort and just had a wonderful time. We didn't take very many pics but here are some, mostly all are taken from our balcony on the 15th floor overlooking the Savannah River.

Tug Boats!

Looking down at the courtyard from our room.

the pool from our room....

This is what we did a lot of.....just hanging out and relaxing!!

The nighttime view!

We spent one day at Tybee Beach.

Going up and across the big bridge! Alison, this is for you!

The view from on the bridge!

Back up on the balcony.... this ship was a smaller one.

This is one of the bigger ones!!!!

A ship coming through at night! Kinda spooky!

We ate lunch at The Pirate's House one day, we brought this pirate hat home for Ian!!

It was a much needed and very appreciated mini vacation!

Last Day of Christmas Vacation....

The kids enjoyed the last day of Christmas vacation just playing and hanging out. The weather was gorgeous. Kristen invited Olivia over for a little while. They took Ian out to play in the dirt and it didn't take long for Momo and Sara to join them. We have a great dirt pile in our back yard for the kids to play in. I took this from the back door....
...then I walked out there to get some pics too.

Momo is usually the "dirtiest" one but she was surprisingly not that day!!

Aaahhhh, what could be better than friends and big pile of dirt on a Sunday afternoon?

Atlanta Day 2 - Zoo Atlanta and Family fun

Friday we went to Zoo Atlanta!! http://www.zooatlanta.org/home.htm. Asha (my niece) took the day off from school and went with us. First stop, after looking at the flamingos at the entrance, was the Rock Climbing Wall!! Morgan tried it for the first time and did great!!

Momo and Kristen....

and here comes Aaron too!





A kangaroo resting in the sun..

The petting area..





Asha....she was about to blow a bubble gum bubble!!

The giant panda bear!


Ian loved this!

A gorgeous tiger!




Warthog wrestling!

The animal carosel

Asha again....

Ian couldn't wait to ride the train!

more pandas??

lunch time!!

I don't know what this little creature is.....

AWWW...cousins!

Posing for the camera!

He got right in front of me and sat like this.....guess he wanted his picture taken!

a baby!

The BIG Daddy!!



Mama and baby....this was really neat to watch them interact.

Look at this face!

A BIG snake!

and an Alligator Snapping Turtle!

The Dragon!

We spent the evening hanging out some more....just enjoying family. My sister (Trina) has been keeping her great niece a good bit. Isn't she sweet!! This is Nicole!

Trina and Nicole..she is wearing Aaron's hat!



So many smiles!

Trina and Kristen wrestling!



Another great day!! We packed up to come home Saturday morning. Asha came home with us for the week since her school is on break.