Georgia State Capitol Building and Atlanta City Hall For Carson's Cub Scouts, we needed to visit a government office. So we decided to visit the Capitol Building of Georgia and the City Hall of Atlanta. It was fun walking around with Grandma and Grandpa Aksland. The kids haven't seen many homeless people in their
Kennesaw Civil War Battlefield with the Grandparents While Grandma & Grandpa Aksland were in town, we went to the Kennesaw Civil War Battlefield. It was really weird to have it closed down due the to government shutdown. They purposely made it as difficult as possible to look at a field, as though us looking at a field
Cagle's Pumpkin Patch, Canton, GA We wanted to find a good pumpkin patch, but fell short. We went to Cagle's Pumpkin Patch in Canton, GA. We has reasonable low expectations, so it wasn't completely disappointing. They just put pumpkins on the ground and the actual pumpkin fields were somewhere else. They
Georgia State Fair Several weeks ago we went to the Georgia State Fair. We had some home made ice cream and taffy. We enjoyed the petting farm and liked climbing on the tractors that were for sale. But the lines were really long for the rides, the tickets we purchased couldn't
East Cobber Parade We live in the heart of East Cobb, so we couldn't miss the East Cobber Parade. It was a few blocks from our house, starting at the boys' elementary school and ending by my office (which is also very close to where we live). It started with
Daddy Daughter Day I took the day off of work about a week ago and spent the day with Savannah. We had breakfast together, then went to the store and looked at toys and dresses. She loved the flowers, so we bought some flowers and stopped in the make-up area and bought
Date Night at Peter Chang's Tasty China 2 We had heard good things about Peter Chang's Tasty China 2 in Atlanta, so we decided to try it out. The area was beautiful and part of the restaurant was directly on top of a pond. It appeared to be very authentic Chinese food, although they had an
Exploring the Orchards in Ellijay, GA We drove up to Ellijay, GA and explored a bit. We ended up at R&A Orchards. While there we rode on a trailer behind a tractor through the orchards, picked our own apples, and had some goodies. The area was beautiful and it was nice to get away
Knights at Medieval Times When we found at that there was a Medieval Times here, we decided that we needed to go. It didn't hurt that in a few weeks Savannah will require her own ticket and tickets were on sale for the weekend. The green knight rode for us and won
family Bass Pro Shop, Atlanta (Lawrenceville), GA Since I found out about it, I have been wanting to go to Bass Pro Shop here in Atlanta. So this weekend, we finally made it. It was almost exactly the same thing as Cabelas, with a little more focus on boating and fishing. Notice how each child is walking
Going to the beach! We drove up to Lake Alatoona, near Acworth, which is a really small town. It was a short drive, about half an hour or 40 minutes. It was a really nice beach with real sand. The water was the perfect temperature to swim. The kids loved swimming and making drop
Sand Springs Pony Express Station When the kids and I went to Sand Mountain a few months ago, we stopped at the Sand Springs Pony Express Station. It was a lot of fun. When we left, I asked the kids what they enjoyed the most about the day. I expected them all to say riding
carson Sand Mountain, NV A few months ago, the kids and I went exploring Sand Mountain with Grandpa Knight's Polaris. Climbing in the sand was so much fun -- a new experience for the kids. Carson just kept climbing and climbing until we couldn't see him any more. That's
carson Carson's City Since each of kids has a city named after them, we figured we should visit each of them. So before leaving Sparks, we wanted to get some pictures with Carson and his city. We had a great time on our little trip. We started it out by hitting Doughboy Doughnuts
Kennesaw Mountain, Civil War batllefield What do we do on our first weekend in the south? What else? We visit a battlefield! Above is some mica that Carson found on the ground on our walk to the battlefield. Kennesaw Mountain National Park is just about a half an hour drive from where we live, so
Exploring Hidden Caves, Fallon, NV We went to Fallon, NV, yesterday. We went to a place called 'Hidden Caves', where there are 3 hidden caves in the hills. They are in this area that used to be a huge lake, hundreds of years ago. They have a trail that goes to each of
Pyramid Lake outing Walking down towards the lake. Some of the odd calcium deposits, called 'tufa'. Me, fascinated by the 'tufa' on the shores of the lake. Again, me, wondering what this stuff is and how it was formed and how long it took to get there. We all
The Ranch Today My Grandma Nona and Grandpa Albert's house, Christmas Day. It was built in the early 1900s. Upstairs, on the cracked linoleum. Loving the musty smell! Confused, and a little afraid..... of the crack in the corner of the room! There it is! Isn't it creepy? It
San Diego "Sealife", in Legoland. Japanese spider crabs - huge! can you see Tucker? Petting zoo for water animals. There were sea stars and sea cucumbers to pet. Legoland. Look at the name on the little truck in the background. Now to the San Diego zoo. which animal is behind Carson?
Battle-born Days, Carson City Inside the huge helicopter. Savannah, going overboard! Above, we got to ride in this people mover. Here I am, inside, in the back seat of the front section. The one with authentic battle damage! Veteran's memorial wall. We signed Christmas cards for the troops.
Panning for Gold at Scheel's Every month there is a kid's club activity at Scheel's. Last month they did a gold-panning class, with a free panning kit and a pouch of dirt and all kinds of little tools to help. I guess the boys found one little sliver of what
Frenchman's Dam Just some random shot. We went up to Frenchman's Dam one Saturday to get out of town. Beautiful lake, lots of rocks, very windy though. A little spot by the road with a nice creek and trees. Complete with a little island (that I'm standing on)
We love Virginia City! On the V&T Railroad. Getting ready to ride in a horse-drawn carriage for a tour of the town. Cooling off with some sarsparilla. You can see Carson and Tucker are wearing a new shirts! On the train again, looking over at the bigger, better, steam engine on
Swimming and Birthday cake! More pictures from Traver, feeding the chickens. Inside a cool old milk delivery truck. Cool shooting gallery worthy of being at Disneyland! Tucker's first birthday cake in Visalia. One of Tucker's birthday gifts: a plasma ball. Beauty.
