Vacation Day 3

The third day was spent traveling to Knoxville, Tennesse.

We started seeing a LOT of cool mountain... 'things'.

There were some Very interesting trees...
Weird

We stopped at Taco Bell for lunch... isn't Esther cute? : )

Lots of turns and curves through mountains...

I love mountains. They're just SO cool!

I guess Dad noticed I was taking pictures, so added some fun to them.

I think this is Knoxville... Big

After settling into our hotel, we headed next door for some top-quality food.

Upon seeing this flag, I realized how Huge our country actually is...

Butterflies, Dragonflies, Moths, Locusts, Bugs, and Stuff. : )

Butterflies...

Dragonflies...
Moths...
Locusts...
Bugs...
...and stuff. : )

Short Esther Photo Shoot

Esther Loves her pint-sized slide. ; )

The sun was setting, which made for interesting lighting.

I liked the way most of the pics turned out.



Sarah's favorite... I think it's the lighting that made the picture.

'Leaves are interesting things'

"Would you PLEASE stop taking pictures of me, Nanny."

I saw her hair blowing out from her face, so quickly snapped a close up of it.

"Nanny? Where are you?"

"There you are!"

A BIG thanks to Esther Busenitz for being so very cute!

Vacation Day 2

Yes, the Creation Science Museum was VERY cool!

We could have spent more than six hours there, but I think we got through the whole museum.

I want to know how the teeth got scattered around like that?

Very True... although I think we could use just one more bolt... ; )

We got to go on a helicopter tour over the ark... NO we didn't, but that would have been really neat. (if the ark was still in existence)

Yes, there were a lot of dinosaur statues. There were even some that moved around!

"Ooohh! That thing's not really... alive... is it?"

Leftover dinosaurs...

After going through the museum, we took a walk out in the garden... it was beautiful.

One of my favorites, even though they're pink flowers. ; )

Sarah and Mom think this is the best picture of me ever. I don't.

More Fish

Ok, so I had an epidemic run through my fish tank, leaving only one lonely guppy, so I went to get some more 'interesting' ones. ; ) Don't ask me what they're called...

Since getting good pictures of VERY active fish is difficult without an expensive camera, I only took photos of the slower, more calm ones. : )

My favorite guppy. He has the coolest colors and is the most fun to watch, I had to name him Dude. : ) Ha!

This is the weird one I got. Scroll down for a full view of him.

He spends a lot of time stuck on the walls and plants. : )

Now I can get back to doing our vacation posts. : )

Better Late Than Never... Vacation Day 1

OK, so I FINALLY get a chance to get on the computer... Mom went to the store, and Sara has to grill the chicken, but I have to hurry because I have a triple batch of rolls/cinnamon rolls to make. : )

Here's the gist of what happened the first day of our vacation...

It was very sad leaving our beloved Kansas behind for a short time. : ( I missed the far off views.

We passed lots of bridges like this one on our way to and from South Carolina, including the Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee Rivers...there might have been more.

I'm not exactly sure which river this one is, but I know it's one of the smaller ones we crossed.





Travel, travel, and some more travel. ; )





Sarah was getting a little tired of the travel herself.




It got late...



but after a while, we reached our destination... Florence, Kentucky, where we spent the next two days and nights.

More to come...next time there's an open time slot. : )