More New Orleans

"Oh boy! We're going to Story Land!!!!!!!" Halli was a little excited to be going to Story Land. She had seen some of the things earlier and couldn't wait to go and check it all out!

How creative to have a place just about stories. Some of them Halli hadn't heard of. We will need to get out some different books. There were a few things we couldn't go on or enter because they still needed to be repaired. You can imagine what it looked like before Katrina. Another reminder of how long it's going to take to rebuild the city. :(

We got go on a train ride around City Park. I think it was a 15 minute ride. It was long enough to get a nice breeze and to enjoy a snack. You also could see how many more things still need repair.

Halli thought this was Jonah and the Whale. She just didn't want to leave! I thought she might be a little scared of it. Nope, she loved it! When it started pouring rain on us, Halli said we could stay in the whale and be dry. I had to carry her out of the whale and put her in the car.

Halli trying to patiently wait for Logan and Jordan to be done riding the roller coaster. She didn't wait that patiently and then went and pouted instead. She told me she lost her patience and couldn't find it.




Halli get to ride the cars all by herself!

Halli was soooo excited to see that the Brantley's have flamingos. She was surprised that Fred and Frannie flew all the way to New Orleans to see her. Fred and Frannie are some flamingos that she passes by everyday in someones yard. They have become her friends. You never know when they are going to pop up somewhere. Last year they showed up at our camping site!










"Look mom! I can fit in your bag!" Why do kids and pets love climbing into bags?

Camping in Pacific City

We had a great time at the coast! The weather on Saturday was wonderful. In the mid 70's and not too much wind. We went down to the beach and Halli and Jacob had so much fun. I think that Grandma had more fun though. :)

Halli has wanted to go in the ocean for awhile now. We told her that she could put her feet in and that it would be cold. Well, we started with the feet. By the time we left Halli and Jacob were soaked and covered with sand. Thank goodness we had a shower that we could rinse them off before going to lunch.

Halli and Jacob also got to fly a kite until it ran away. Andy finally was able to get it down when it got caught on a cliff. Thank goodness I had the video camera so no one could get video of me chasing the kite. I almost had it a couple of times.

Grandma and the kids building a sand castle.

Halli found a hole filled with water. Jacob quickly followed. They had their own private "pool". They enjoyed covering up each others toes.

There was a sand hill next to our spot. The kids spotted that and thought that would be fun to climb. We were all surprised how high they climbed. We finally had to tell them that they were to high and needed to come down. They had fun sliding down.

We also had fun playing back at the camp site. Jacob got to try roasting marshmallows. He didn't care for it. He wanted a "raw" one. We also tried to do s'mores. Both kids just wanted the chocolate. Who could blame them?

More Camping

We are headed of to the coast this weekend. We are hoping that it won't rain on us. My parent's and Jacob are coming up Saturday to play for the day. Halli and Jacob will have soooo much fun. Thank goodness we plan to be on the beach so they can run and yell as much as they want. It is what they do best. :)

I'm hoping to post pictures next week. I haven't had time to download them off my camera.
~Carey