The Virginia Safari

The View from the park

Sladen feeding his first llama!

Kenan feeding his first llama

Goldie being stingy with the food and this llama was not having it! So funny!

This was a beautiful Eland

A Rhea

This camel stole Kenan's bucket. This is him dropping it. These are called a Dromedary Camel!

Vietnamese Pot-Bellied Pig

Nilgai

This Rocky Mountain Elk started walking up to the car and I was telling Goldie to keep on driving. I was a little intimidated by him.

Goldie stopped anyway and I look back and Kenan was feeding him. It was AWESOME! I was so proud of him!

Kenan loved feeding all the animals! He could not get enough of it!

The zebras were gorgeous! I actually got to touch one!

This is a Pere David Deer

Emu

The Bactrian Camels

Another Rocky Mountain Elk

We saw this Bison up close and personal - he left a nose print down the side of the car! Loved it!

Dama Gazelle

Blackbuck

Sladen laughing at the llama looking in his window!

Scimitar Horned Oryx

Beautiful llama - I think I want one!

Sladen wasn't really sure what to think

Everybody's got a water buffalo
Yours is fast but mine is slow
Oh, where do you get them I don't know
But everyone's got a water buffaloooooo.................

Kangaroo

A White Tiger

My little llamas

Tortoise

Me and my boys

The giraffe

One thing that I wanted to do before we moved from VA was take the boys to the Virginia Safari Park! It was totally worth it and I would highly recommend it if you are ever in the Natural Bridge area. The park has a part that you drive through and then a walk through part. The drive through was AMAZING! The animals come right up to the car and you can touch them and feed them. They have a huge variety of animals. I was so proud of the boys. They were so brave when the animals came up to the car. I know there are a ton of pictures that I posted but this is just a fraction of them. I would definitely do that again. Kenan could not stop talking about feeding the animals. We all enjoyed the day.

The Virginia Aquarium

One of the things we wanted to do before we move is go to the aquarium with Daddy so we took one day to do just that. The boys really enjoyed it... well, except for the sharks! Kenan was deathly afraid of the sharks. It was a fun time as a family!

Friends Come to Visit

A while back we went to the Virginia Military Tattoo. It is modeled after the Scottish Tattoo in Scotland where several military bands come together and perform. It was really interesting. One of Goldie's childhood friends, Paige, and her family came to go with us. We enjoyed seeing Paige and meeting her husband, Sam, and daughter, Adeline (not sure of the spelling)!

Fun Times With Daddy

Here are a few random pictures! Yes, Sladen is really flying that high in the above pictures. Both boys love to be thrown around and wrastled with. They love it. They are definitely ALL BOY!

Jacksonville and Kenan's Birthday

The Spider-Man cake

Mike and Amanda

Alison, Amanda, and Kristen

Let the festivities begin

The super-duper-luper cool Spider-Man cake

Kenan loved this cake and it was so yummy

Sladen enjoyed the cake

Present time

"Just what I always wanted!!"

Camryn, Caylen, Kenan, Sladen

We spent two weeks in April in Jacksonville. We had such a wonderful time there and getting to visit with friends. We were fortunate enough to have wonderful friends let us stay with them while we were there. Unfortunately the first week we were there Goldie had to work and the boys and I got the stomach bug. The second week we spent meeting contractors to get estimates for work we want to get done to the house. It was a busy week. We are so excited to move back.

While we were there we squeezed in a little time to celebrate Kenan's 4th birthday. Every since his last birthday Kenan has wanted a Spider-Man cake. I'm really not sure why since he has never seen a Spider-Man movie and really doesn't know anything about Spider-Man. He never wavered on that one request. I ended up ordering a cake from Publix because there just was not enough time for me to make a cake for him. The cake was fabulous and delicious. Al-Pal was gracious enough to host us and Mike and Amanda for a party.

We are very excited to move back to Jax. It was almost like we had never left. We look forward to plugging back into our church there and catching up with everybody. We are excited for the changes that we are making to our "old" house there. We are also looking forward to having wonderful neighbors again. I am anxious to get back to the south where the weather is warmer and the people are friendlier.

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