Let the Fun begin...

Last week we took a mini vacation down to orange beach.  We went and did some fun, yet educational things this time.  We took the kids to the petting Zoo in Gulf shores, and Blakeleigh got her first snow cone!! They got to pet the animals, and they even got to touch a baby alligator.  O my and because the kids touched him guess who else had to...... Me and SHane... NASTY is all I have to say.  They got to watch the animal show, and then ended our trip to the zoo with a walk throught the goat and turtle pins.  It was so interesting to see all the information posted about each animal, and to see how many questions Kennleigh could ask her daddy about the alligator, goat, deer, and the tigers.  SO after we left here we wernt to Alligator Alley in Summerdale, and again they got to hold and feed the gators.  We got to watch the gator's be fed raw hog meat and some of the tricks that the different ones of them could do.  The gator sizes ranged from lizzard size to 2,000 pounds.  It was nothing shy of amazing to see the aging process and the sound they make when the food is thrown at them, and last but not least they actually fought each other for food.  We took a walk in the swamp and got to feed the gators from a bridge.  So the next day we had water day fun, and met up with Lexie, Breanna, and Uncle David for a day at waterville.  O you can't begin to describe the fun that we all had from riding the waves in the wave pool ( yes kennleigh and Blakeleigh had so much fun with thiis) to going down the slides and relaxing in the lazy river.  Blakeleigh would stand on my legs and wave at people like she was Miss America while we floated down the lazy river, and she would giggle the loudest when the waves swept us away in the wave pool, and not to mention how mad she got if she had to wait in lines at the kids slides.  I think it is safe to safe Tissywas a true water bug.  Kennleigh, Breanna, and Lexie preferred uncle shane in the lazy river who would let them zoom by everyone all on the same float while he pushed them along.  David, SHane and the rest of us all enjoyed the relaxing time in the wave pool before the waves started, and the kids would just run and swim just like they did at the beach.  It was so fun this year to get to be apart of such a wonderful family vacation.  We went to the park and played on the slides and swings and the girls really enjoyed this.  We went to get kennleigh a tye down shirt ( tye dyed like bailey) from the souvenior shop just to cool off.  Also we rode down to Perdido Keys sight seeing while the girls napped and it was such a pretty place.  We did take the kids by the bay to see the boats.  We had a great family vacation this year, and can't wait until our next outing:)