First Day of School!

 They are so excited to go see their friends!

 William does not start school until Monday so we had a morning of catching tadpoles while the girls were in school!

Cowboy helping William look in the net for tadpoles!

 After school we met friends for icecream!

 Isabelle and Emily

Kensey and Hannah

Meet the Teacher! The girls are in the same class with two teachers, Mrs. Bishop and Mrs. Williams.

The girls silly gift from their teachers.

Playing at Sunset Grille waiting for our dinner

William ready to ride!

Ready for an after dinner walk down the boardwalk

Sweet girls!

An evening fishing...

Watching a beautiful sunset from the beach

Emily

 William caught his second shark fishing from the beach

 Emily reeled in her first shark all by herself!

 Hannah swimming with all the float noodles!

William's big splash!

Volcano Class Day 2

1, 2, 3 ...The kids erupted their volcanoes at the same time!

Then the kids experimented with different colors of lava

William loved watching lava flow out of his volcano

Emily's favorite was the blue lava

Volcano Class Day 1

The kids wet strips of plaster...

and wrapped the plaster around a cone to make their own volcano!

After the plaster dried, the kids painted their volcanoes.

Our pottery from a morning of painting at Paint n Parrot

Excited to meet friends at Pete's Party Castle!

William's favorite game is Whack an Alien

Hannah and Tyce

The kids can really play ski ball now and this is where they won the most tickets!

Hannah's new haircut!

Emily has been asking for a short haircut...

Emily's new haircut!

Sweet Sisters!

 Beach Day with friends!

 Emily's big jump

 Pretending to ride the waves

 Our view for dinner!

The girls had a fun spend the night party! This picture was taken about 9:30 and all the girls were asleep by 11.

We had a week vacation at Pappy and Mimi's house!

Enjoying icecream with friends in Birmingham!

The kids love catching fireflies!

Our first adventure is to the Chattanooga Aquarium

 The kids are in the piranha tank!

 Touching a large sturgeon

William loved the huge turtle shell

Sitting in front of blue macaws-the girls love Rio!

Butterfly Garden

The kids enjoyed watching the penguins!

Hannah could not believe the Giant Spider Crab was a real animal

Next stop:  The Creative Discovery Museum!  William found a secret lever in the water zone that dumped water on kids below. 

We love Dinosaur Digs!

 The view of Downtown Chattanooga from the Lookout Tower

 William loved watching a bee hive

 Hannah is our Queen Bee.  The kids dressed up like bees and played in a honeycomb!

 A day at the Birmingham Zoo with our friend Max-waiting for the sea lion show!

The kids love their "Aunt" Ashley

 On a camel ride...

 The kids said it was a little bumpy!

 Emily holding a Lorikeet

 Hannah's turn

And William with a Lorikeet

 At the McWane Center-The kids love the wind tunnel

 Dora and Diego Special Exhibit

Our favorite is still the bubble exhibit!

 Meeting friends at Noccalula Falls

 Petting a deer

The girls loved holding and hugging a bunny

 Our little Indians!

 Playing on the rocks and water before the waterfall

So much fun spending a day catching up an old friend!