We're Back....

Did you miss me?

We headed out last Wednesday to take Austin

to Mobile, AL for the

National Jr. Beta State Convention.

He had a blast!

Our Talent group took home

the

FIRST PLACE

trophy...

we are very proud of them!

This picture is of all the kids involved in the

talent competition...

We also had 3 kids win individual awards.

They will be traveling to Nashville, TN this summer

to compete in the National competition.

Here is a picture of all of the kids that went

along on the trip.

We left Wednesday morning after chapel and headed to Mobile.

The convention lasted all day Thursday and

Friday until around 1 PM.

After the convention was over, we decided to stay the night and do

a little sightseeing.

We headed down to

Dauphin Island on Friday afternoon

We visited the Estuarium and walked around

Fort Gaines.

I'll post some more photos from our visit later,

the lack of hour of sleep last night is catching up with me.

We spent the night in Mobile and got up

Saturday morning and headed to Gulf Shores for the day.

We visited the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo

for the day.

You may have seen the special on

Animal Planet about this little zoo,

and the back to back evacuations they

had to make to get the animals to safety

from two hurricaines.

It was a small zoo, but the boys had a great time!

The most exciting part of the zoo was the

Animal Encounters!

We were able to hold and play with a

Baby Kangaroo!!!

Her name was

BABI.

She was precious.

She just sat in her little pouch and let us

pet her and love on her...

I'll do another post on all of the animals we saw.

Jackson even got in on the fun!

He was so good and so gentle with them.

Our next encounter was with two

Baby Lehmurs.

They were sooo fun to play with!

They would just jump from one side to the other and

then the next thing you knew,

they were on your back!

They were so cute and their little hands were

sooo soft!

Jackson was too young to do this encounter,

but watched us from outside the cage.

Austin had a blast!

Sometimes it's hard to find things for both of them to enjoy

because of the difference in their age,

but I think both boys had a great time.



We had a great time

but now it's back to the real world.

Scott packed up today and is headed out

on a business trip and he'll be back this weekend

only to pack up and head out again!

Yippee!!! NOT!

So, it's just me and the boys for several days!

At least, I can get off the hook for cooking dinner every night!

Hee Hee