Christmas in Georgia

After Christmas, the whole family piled into the 15 passenger van and we drove to Georgia to spend time with Mike's brother Kit and his family. It was a wonderful, entirely too short visit. We left Saturday night and drove thru the night, arriving shortly after 1pm on Sunday. My brother, Andy, house-sat while we were gone. (Thanks Andy!) While in Georgia, we went to Wild Adventures (of course) and had a blast riding every ride several times over in just a few hours (that's the beauty of no long lines!). The weather was perfect and my kids enjoyed wearing short-sleeves and even shorts! Here's a few pics...

Liz, Austin, and Trevor on the swings...

Mike, Carolynn, and Liz driving safari.

Mike and Trevor on Pharoah's Fury.

Mike, Trev, and Carolynn watching the tiger.

Here's the whole crew crashed into each other... Maddie and Kate, Josh and Michael, Devon and Rhett, Jen abd Austin.

Devon is so excited to have the chance to drive... good thing he was allowed to run into stuff!

Jen and Austin having a blast crashing into everyone.
Maddie driving the bumper car, Katelynn at shotgun.

Josh at the wheel as Michael gives tips on the next victim...

This ride happened to be Carolynn's favorite. After it was over with Dad and Kate, she begged to go on "gin" so Mom and Trev took her. Later when Josh had her and was walking past the ride on the was to meet the rest of the group, she talked him into taking her on again!

Trev and Liz on the airplanes.

Aunt Leann, Kate, Devon, and Michael hanging on for Bugout.

Mike and Trev starting out on Aunt Farm roller coaster.
I just had to include this picture even though you really can't see anyone clearly. The reason I'm including this is because I hate this ride. My children love to torture me, though, so I have to ride it once for their pleasure as I scream the whole way. It is one of those roller coasters where you can't brace your feet against anything as you fly around, way up high, upside down, flying around curves, etc. All my children have ridden it, and in this picture Mike was riding on it with Trevor. It was going too fast to get a good picture, but I tried to get a shot here at the end, and still missed their faces. If you look closely, you can still see Trevor's little black sneakers next to Mike's tan leg. Mike is behind the 2nd white pole from the right -- the one that's at an angle. And, of course, when Trevor got off the ride, he was wearing this great big grin. I don't understand why he likes it!

Anyway, we had a wonderful vist. Thanks Kit and Leann for being willing to take on my large crew in your home. Thanks to Maddie and Liz for giving up their beds for my family, and thanks to Jen for sharing her room. You guys are fabulous!