BBQ

For my birthday, my Mother decided to BBQ. We all came over early so that Jerry could put the grill together, Cailin helped too.

Then my Mother grilled. We had a blast eating, playing games and just hanging out at her house.

Busch Gardens

Yesterday, we went to Busch Garden. Ariel was so excited about going, because now she is 54 inches, making her able to ride all the rollercoasters in the amusement park. This is the entrance to the park.

This statue is amazing because it is made out of grass.

Cailin and Ariel took turns taking pictures with the lions.

Finger lickin' good

Cailin's first tooth is about 1/2 of the way in at the bottom. She has always kept her fingers in her mouth, but lately it has become her whole entire hand. This leads to alot of wet collars and ruined shirts. She also bites down on everything and everybody and this actually hurts. She thinks it is extremely funny when you say "ouch"!

Cailin, stop eating The Momma's shirt!

SHEIKRA!!!!!!!

Shiekra, this is the ride that Ariel could not wait to ride (we had to come here to this ride first). She must have mentioned this ride, like 29 times. Jerry and Ariel waited in line to ride this ride for 45 minutes and right as they were going to get on, the ride malfunctioned and they didn't get on. They waited an additional 45 minutes and never got the chance to get on. So we went to get something to eat. Wouldn't you know it, the ride opened back up. They wolfed down their food to get back in line. Ariel ended up riding this ride (and most of the other rides in the park) twice. She rode one time with Jerry and one time with me.

This ride was crazy! It took you a million feet in the air. Then it was a free fall at almost a 90 degree angle.

There was all kinds of twist and turns and loops.

The Scorpion

This ride took them through all kinds of twists and turns. It was on this ride that I finally figured out how to set the camera to continuous mode. This allowed me to take a bunch of pictures by holding the shutter release button down. I got some pretty cool pictures.

This was the last ride of the day, the canoe ride. Only Jerry and Ariel rode this ride, because I was not going to risk getting wet. Then, the Canoe goes through a series of loops and turns.

Ultimately, taking them to the top of a big slide.

They made a big splash!

Surprisingly, no one got really wet. Ariel had a good time at Busch Gardens. In the car, she was already planning when we would be coming back!

I love the birds. Here, I love the color of the flamingos!

When I was taking pictures of Ariel and Jerry on the rollercoaster, this little bird ran right past me.

I also love water. I like the movement of water. Inside the amusement park there were numerous water fountains and creeks.

Everyone had a great time at Busch Gardens.