Powell Gardens!

Chet and I took the kids to Powell Gardens on the last day of the dinosaur exhibit the weekend before school started.....the idea was to have a fun family outing seeing the butterflys, flowers and dino statues, we would all be happy and have a great time!!!

The reality....it was hot, the kids were a bit on the whiny side, Chet wasn't thrilled to be there (although he did not complain at all) and it just wasn't what I had hoped. It wasn't a total loss, the kids enjoyed bits and pieces of it. We rode the bus from the garden to the front and it was SCARY. The driver was taking turns like he was in Nascar so we were greatful to leave there alive!!! I did get a few pretty pictures so here you go...........


Some of the pretty butterflies we saw....the green one on the bottom is an indian moon moth and Rylie just did a project at school at the end of last year about those!

This was my favorite one...so pretty!

Lots of pretty flowers and plants!

Then we followed the dinosaur tracks.....

and found some pretty cool dinos.....even a T-Rex......

Run, Katelin, Run....she really was freaked out, it was funny!

We saw the chapel!

My beautiful girl!

You may notice the cute little blond is missing.....she wasn't wanting her picture taken, I had to bribe her to get some of the next ones but this is a good pic of the 3 of them!

The O man!

She still not happy about the pictures!

Even though they were whiny and crabby, I just can't resist their little faces.........Oh how I love these 4 little people!!!

And it was time to go home....can't you tell! This was on our way back to the car and boy was she mad. She wanted me to hold her and it was hot and she was perfectly capable of walking just not too happy about it!