Yesterday was a busy day. First we had an Easter Egg Hunt here on base. It was crazy more then anything. Tyndall threw a lot better one.But she did get to look for scattered eggs for like 30 seconds. Vrrrooooom she's taking off.

The Easter Bunny was there

Leia upset that some of her eggs were missing. I watched her while she was picking some up about 5 had fallen out. Other kids quickly grabbed them. I thought she did good considering other kids only got like 4-5 eggs. And for once they had some real chocolate in them instead of All being tootsierolls.

The eggs where just tossed on the ground. On Easter I'm going to take her to a park and really hide them good .I think she likes finding them more then the candy. I went back to Wal-mart to pick up an extra bag of eggs to hide.

They had a Bouncy Slide.

We later went to the Swan Lake Park. This was Leia's first time there. She had a really good time. They have this wonderful tree that has a rose like bloom on it. I had asked the Nursery about them and it's definitely a southern tree. It needs a zone 8-9 to be planted. Bummer. They are so beautiful

A swamp picture.

Here is a picture of the blossom on the trees.

Leia in her Easter dress hanging out with the swans.

All of the beautiful blooms and wonderful spring smells are in the air here.I hope signs of spring start popping up at home.Take time to smell the flowers.

Behind Leia is the tree I mentioned earlier.

It's early morning so apparently I can't put the pictures in the correct order again. Leia and Ethan getting a little close to a swan.He only puffed his feathers out at them and waddled back into to the water.

This white one was really nice and followed us around like a puppy. Leia had found some bread on the ground and started feeding it.

I waited so long to get them to form a heart and they did for a brief second. But the digital camera has a delay dang it. Maybe next time.

She is the prettiest thing in the whole wide world.

The kids played in this for a very long time.They followed the lines and just goofed off.

Checking out a swan and some turtles.

I took everyone to the treehouse farm . They had a great time there too. The chicken love their weed salad.

Mom's first time to pet a deer.

The Swan lake and Iris Gardens. I was trying to copy past the history of this place and can't seem to do it. The story is back in the early 1900's a rich man had tried to grow Japanese Iris's and they failed miserably. He had his help dig them up and throw them in a nearby swamp where they flourished. 8 different species of swans now inhibit the lake some as far away as Australia.

These are the tree roots. I think it's a Cyprus tree. They were cool.

They even had an old cranky goose there. I guess the old saying if you have a swan in your pond they will scare away the geese is wrong.

Man I need a Tan.

The park is so peaceful and proves that spring is in the air.

This is a picture of some of the swamp

They had a walkway over the busy road to get to the other side of the park. It was really cool.

I can see us coming to this park alot.This weekend if it doesn't rain I want to take Leia here for some Easter Pictures.

Mom and Dave had a good time here.

See the swan and goose tolerate each other.

You're a Pansy and I mean it.

The biggest magnolia tree grove's I've ever seen.

We found a Ward's BBQ restaurant. It was OK. It would have been much better if they had a sweet BBQ sauce.

The good thing about someone staying in a hotel is that we can borrow the swimming pool when it's cold outside.

Leia enjoying splashing and swimming.

zoo

We went to the zoo Sunday. It was a very nice one and just the right size. It only took us 3 hours to go through and we still had a little sanity left over. Especially after I rented a stroller for Leia. Yes I said that right. It was a little embarrassing,and I got some stares,but it saved my sanity so I don't care what other people think. I made her ware bright colors so I could easily find her in a crowd. She wanted to wear her LPS shirt as well and I finally caved and let her. Hey she stands out from the crowd. We had a good time and had some fabulous food.

If you ever come across Five Guys and a Burger and are craving really good fries and burgers you should stop there. Yes even if your on a diet. It's worth the cheat.I worked out extra hard at the gym...I stepped up the workout intensity up to level 10 for 45 minuets and then killed myself in the weight room for 15 minuets.Then I mowed my yard and the neighbors. Have I mentioned that we have a hill and on most days it would be fine but after the gym I thought I was going to fall flat on my face of pure exhaustion everytime I had to go up it.I also edged and weeded both yards as well. I ache so so so bad. I'm sharing a bunch of zoo pictures. Note to self the First one is the most feared one there is. HA!!!

Krikey look at the markings on that one.She's the most beautiful one we've seen in a long time.

I loved this one of the Lion. She's peaking out to see who was out there.
This guy would roar and give us a look like don't come any closer.If I wasn't lazy I'd come and eat you.





This is what I want to do right now Sleep, Just on a more comfortable bed.

I thought we left Florida.

One more stretch and I can get it.

This is what happens when an elephant gets tired of their gray hair. They move to South Carolina and dye it red. The red clay stains everything. Now I know why there wasn't any carpet in our house.

The thinker

Look Leia your related.

These flowers named paper flowers according to the sign, smell heavenly. kind of like a strong Jasmin. I want to plant this in my garden.

This is what the above flower tree looks like. Interesting.

It's a statue if you were wondering.

This is the worlds largest pigeon.

One of Leia's favorite exhibit. She loves the penguins.

This was one of my favorites. Did you know that underneith their wings they have black feathers????

I could have stayed here the whole time watching these guys.