Saturday Family Time

Just a few pictures of our recent Saturday family times.

Last Saturday they had an Emergency Prepardness Day down at Bayfront Park. The park was filled with every type of emergency vehicle, persons, things you can imagine ... and more. It's amazing the many different "specialities" involved in emergencies. Demonstrations, vehicles, information, etc were available for adults and children. The kids got their opportunity to climb into police cruisers, ambulances, coast guard helicopters and boats, as well as enjoy demonstrations of what to do in a house fire and how to leave the house or trying to put out a fire (with the assistances of a firefighter of course). Marietta who is usually far from shy seemed to have a respectful fear of all these and was a little scared to get too involved, but both girls had lots of fun collecting the free goodies, candies, treats, balloons and watching the puppet show. James just loved all the different trucks and we have a whole collection of truck pictures now playing on our computer.









Police, Ambulance and Coast Guard Helicopter


Yesterday we decided to take a walk down to Felker's Falls. The girls have a great fascination with waterfalls and always love these outtings. They especially get excited when we can get right down to the bottom of the falls. The main trail at Felker's Falls was designed for the general public to view the falls from the top, but with a bit of searching and lots of climbing we managed to get to the bottom. I am especially thankful for how well my pregnancy is going so far and that I am able to enjoy these outtings and not have to spend all my time sitting on my butt. It's interesting to see the difference in the girls abilities. Rebecca is our more athletic/active child, but yet when it comes to climbing her clumsy genes (strong ones for her) really come out, that along with having a bit more fear, especially of heights, makes her a nervous climber, even though she really wants to keep up with her sister. Marietta on the other hand is not at all an active child, but absolutely loves to climb and get right down in there, and she's pretty good at it too.








The far right picture above James is pointing to an airplane ... or where he hears ones. There is definitely nothing wrong with his hearing, he has a great fascination with airplanes and always points them out to us.