Trip to Atlanta- More Pictures

We all went to Centennial Park on one of our days in Atlanta. They have a daily "mini Bellagio" water show that was so fun to watch. The water shot up in a beautiful rhythm to the music. It was awesome! Before the show Lincoln and the other little boys played in the water. I tried to have a picture taken but Lincoln just whined because he was so tired and also wanted to go back into the water. He was such a champ on the trip, though. I'd take him any day!!

My brother Peter and I toured the World of Coke museum. I did this with my mother three years ago, but it was a lot of fun to go again. Peter's favorite part was the end of the tour when you get to sample 64 different Coke products sold around the world!

We went to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens and I was stunned by the georgous plants!! The variety and beauty of plants is hard to describe. It was awesome and I would love to go again one day.

Above are the aerial roots of a plant. Cool!

Lincoln is my sweet little baby boy who is not so much a baby any more. He makes us so happy each day and we are so blessed to have him in our family.

His hair is white as can be and was getting long on top. Kind of a fun look, eh?! I think it was smothered with sunscreen because hats just don't stay on any more.

My mom was so kind to watch the boys while Carrie and I went to the Georgia Aquarium. It was the largest aquarium I have ever been to. Below is a whale shark. 

We spent a fair amount of time just watching these sea creatures swim around. I often forget the beautiful world around us and all of the awesome creations that there are!

On our last day we went to Allatoona Beach. It wasn't far from where we were staying but was in a secluded tree surrounded area. The sand was clean and light, and the water was warm. Joe was able to be with us during the day that day (and not just the evening) so we had fun swimming all day. Thanks for the trip!!! It was great!!

Trip to Atlanta!

A couple of weeks ago Lincoln and I went to Atlanta with my mother and little brother to visit my brother and his family. I took a few pictures, but I'll have to post most of them later. I sent many of the pictures from my camera phone (forgot the regular camera) and sent them all at once to my email so I could download them to put them on this blog, but it says it is still "sending" all of those emails. Must have sent too many.  There are only two pictures that made it through so far from our trip to Atlanta, and here they are!

My brother Joe, sister-in-law Carrie, nephews Hunter, Sawyer, my mom, brother Peter, Lincoln and I were all there together in Atlanta. We were so excited to drive there. It was a beautiful drive and didn't take very long. One evening we went to the Cheesecake Factory in Atlanta. I sat with Peter, Sawyer and Lincoln. It was fun! Sawyer wanted to hold Lincoln and he did a great job.

At the gas station Lincoln got to drive the car with Grandma!! He is such a big boy these days.

The rest of the pictures from our trip will have to come later.

A couple of days ago Lincoln and I went to the Tippecanoe Mall. We had fun looking in many of the stores. Lincoln enjoyed the moving car (back and forth, back and forth, but he loved it!)

Last weekend Vance, Linc, and I went to a birthday party to celebrate four people's birthdays (all born August 20th!) The two dad's were both born in the same year on the same date, and the little girls were born  on the same date, same year as well. What are the chances of that?! We had fun at the BBQ at a local park and Lincoln enjoyed sitting next to Elise, a little girl in our ward. His mother, Ann, and I are planning their wedding already.

Glow Stick Party!

Glow Stick + Cheerios = A happy Lincoln

Columbian Park/Zoo/Train Ride

Today has been a quieter day, with just a trip to Purdue's campus to drop off Vance, and then to Walmart for a general shopping trip.  But yesterday we had lots of fun. On the other side of town there is a huge park/zoo/swimming park (with a frozen custard place across the street). It is every child's dream and of course because Lincoln loves it and is so happy there, I love it too.  We started on the swings. After even 10 or 15 minutes of this, I took him out of the swing and he started to whine and fuss, so I put him back in for a few minutes and got this cute picture.

The zoo is free and there are several water fountains of varying sizes that people let their kids play  in. We didn't bring his swimming trunks, but decided to get soaked anyway. He spent the rest of the afternoon with only his t-shirt and diaper on and his sandals (with no shorts or pants) but because he's 10 months old and it was over 90 degrees, I don't think anybody minds!

After the zoo (he loved the goats the best again it seemed) we went on the mini-train ride. Lincoln gets very quiet and focused on the ride. His eyes are set on what he is seeing and he isn't in the mood to sip at his drink or have any snacks. But before the train ride I managed to get this picture. He brought out his grin as soon as my phone came out for the picture.

Poor Vance works so hard at school doing research in a lab while Lincoln and I get to have all the fun. He is coming with us to the fancy pool tomorrow though!

Lincoln and I are super excited because on Monday we are heading to Atlanta, Georgia for the week to visit some Kindt family down there. Wahoo!

Expressions of Love

This video is a great reminder of how important it is to show our spouses and families how much we love them. It is so sweet!