Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Family Vacation- July 2011

We have this goal to get the boys to all 50 states before they graduate from High School.  This year we added 7 new states, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. 
We started off July 16th for Memphis, TN. Where we stayed with my friend Sam and her family.  The next morning we visited the Memphis Zoo.
Cohen and Koller kids
Memphis Zoo
We then drove to New Orleans where we visited the aquarium due to the rain and saw an IMAX movie.  That afternoon we toured the French Quarter and had beignets at Café Du Monde.  The boys did a little dancing at dinner that night to a live band while we ate Cajun cuisine.
Boys down by the river

At the aquarium

IMAX movie

Carriage ride around the French Quarter


Beignets at Cafe du Monde

Dinner and dancing at Mulate's
The next morning we took a swamp tour and saw a ton of alligators and the boys even got to hold a baby one.
Easton and the baby gator

Mason's brave too... Easton's trying to get bit!

Sutton holding the gator

We then headed to Gulf Shores where the kids spent time on the beach and in the water.







On Wed. morning we drove to Pensacola where we watched the Blue Angels practice.  What an amazing site!


Thursday we spent time doing fun activities like riding go carts, playing laser tag and we also had dinner at a fun place called Lulu’s which had a huge beach and many activities for the kids to play while they waited for lunch.

Hot rod Harry Easton.

Mason taking the turn

Daddy and Sutton going for a ride

Mason and I riding the go cart

The big Mountain of Youth that Mason spent an hour climbing

This made me nervous to even watch him so high

Playing in the sand at Lulu's
A fun fountain at Lulu's
 
Our final stop was in Nashville where the kids found themselves on stage with the live band at Rippey’s.
They kept watching the band at Rippey's and finally they said come on up here!


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