The DC Zoo and the Fountains

Here is my Mom and Uncle Mike at the zoo in DC.

In this picture there is Carly, Mike, Macy and me sitting on a bar at the DC zoo. It was a huge place. We got to see the snakes, elephants, pandas, lions, turtles, apes, and a hole kiwi show. What? No, of course I am not talking about the fruit! A kiwi is a bird with a long beak with it's nose on the end. It uses it to find bugs and worms in the ground. The also come from New Zealand and is very rare to find in zoos. I was glad we got to see it.

What was nice is that we got to see our friends that used to live in UT with us a couple years ago.

Since we had a picture with the Moms we had to have one with the Dads too. The boys were out numbered even if we counted the Dads and not the Moms.

Here is Sophia and Macy posing for the picture with their water bottles.

We also go to see some pretty fountains while Dad got the rental car. It was nice to cool of in and it was also in the shade.

Macy relaxing in the nice shade. (I am just surprised that she would lie on the cement).

The Huge Escalator

When we where in DC we decided to go to the zoo. (It will be the next post). When you got from the subway to go up to the ground we got to go on this huge escalator. It was a cool ride.

Here is the truth. We didn't stretch the escalator or do anything on photo shop. I promise.

The Sights

I thought that it was fun to go and see the White House. Carly and Macy liked to see how many bars they could reach to and watch the squirrels. I think that they will appreciate it more when they are a little bit older.

We also went to my Uncle Mike's work the red cross. We got to meet all of the people that work with him and his boss was nice and gave us White House M&Ms. Another lady also was nice and gave us no more itch cream since we had some mosquito bites. I like to pronounce mosquito bites missqueeto. They also love to get me! Ah!!!

We also got to see the UT memorial and sit by the fountains. In the back is the Washington memorial.

Here is the Washington memorial. I got to go up and touch it. We liked the shade it made since we were walking a lot in the sun.

We went to a dance festival representing some country in South America. (i don't remember) Here are some drums that Carly and I got to play and then there is a video.

Here is my Dad in DC with this Sparkle Banner. I thought it was fun since my Grandpa has a cleaning company called Sparkle.

South of the Boarder

They were very many billboards advertising this event. We all wondered why it was so big. It was just south of North Carolina (i think). It had funny characters and a big Mexican hat on a pole right outside.

I wonder why they would be so big about Mexico in North Carolina.

Hmmmm.......

Kingsland, Georgia and Alabama (more good vacation spots)

We went to Alabama. Macy had been dying to go since she was like 3 and we had never talked about Alabama in our house. No one we know live there. But Macy finally got to go! We got to see a giant peanut with a bird perched on it in front of the Alabama Welcome Center.

When we went to Georgia, we got to see my Mom's Uncle Chuck and Aunt Rosemary. They had a bunch of dogs because some were theirs and some were someones that they were watching. They fed us a bunch of good food.

Between Alabama and Georgia we saw a church that look like a really old castle. We also got to see a road called Peeples.

Next we went to Kingsland, Georgia. That is where my some of my cousins are. We loved getting to feed the chickens, turkeys, and their goose. We also got to bottle-feed their baby goats and milk the mamas. When we first got there, there was a frog sitting right on the window!

On one of the days we went to the beach. There were huge piles of shells everywhere and they were hard to avoid. I felt kind-of bad crunching on all of those shells. The tide pools were warm and they were nice to relax in since they were shallow. When we were there we also got to buggy board in the water. I would wait for a nice big one and then cruise to the shore. The only thing we were sad about is that we didn't get to see the alligators since there were too many fires in that area.

Paradise! (Panama City Beach, FL)

Panama City Beach, FL was definitely a place for a vacation. 1. It had white soft sand that tickles your toes. 2. You could just relax on the sand in peace. 3 It was not a really loud beach. 4 It was a good place for shell hunting. 5 We could just enjoy time with family. It WAS the prefect vacation spot.

We also got to see my Aunt Ronya, Uncle Craig, Ben, Julian, and Samantha. Also, we made nice and chewy chocolate chip cookies. They were delicious. Frozen yogurt was extra good because you could make your own and add toppings. I chose Blood Orange, Strawberry, and Plain. And of course I added fruit on the top.

The sunsets and the palm trees were very pretty.

So now, go and enjoy Paradise!

Tennessee

After flying to Illinois we rented another car to go to Tennessee. (My Dad drove the rental car back to UT and then met us in the Chicago Air Port.) In Tennessee we went to the Discovery Zone, swam, went to a splash pad, and we also went to the Catfish house for dinner one night.
It was nice. We also enjoyed swinging on their porch swings.

Mark's Graduation Party (Chicago)

On Saturday we drove in the sparkle van and a car from Gram's house to get to Mark's Party.

It was super fun! We played P-I-G, H-O-R-S-E, S-H-E-E-P, and S-E-A. Carly made the sea one up. We also got to play bags, swing in the hammock, and of course eat good food. (They Always have that at big family parties.) Wall-Ball and football were also played.

My dad made a hat card for Mark and Carly made a scroll.

Camp Grammy at the Thim's River

Camp Grammy at the Thim's River was a big hit.(as usual) We got to ride home in Grampa's big Sparkle van. During that week we went swimming, played with Avery and Maren, had Reese's Pieces in ice cream sandwiches, went to church, went to The Sparkle Works Factory, made cute hair bows, and went to Marks Graduation.(that will be a separate post). And we also got to see Tom, Sue, Em, Tom, T, and Baby Mike.

Oh! And don't forget the juke box and the annual dance!

Montana

After ID, WA, and OR, we went to Montana to spend time with my mom's cousin Lucy and her family. While we were there we enjoyed their swing, bouncy horses, good food, toasted marshmallows, good food and of course the excavator. We also tried to go on a safari drive. I went with Andrew and my Dad and the rest went in their van. Sadly, we only saw a squirrel. No sign of a bear or even a deer. But of course we had fun!

Now have fun!