Water Safari!

Water Safari... strangest water park you'll find... half water park half carnival rides/storybook village (must be the 'enchanted forest' part) and it has its own circus show. It was supposed to be a warm day... but started out quite chilly, everyone 'wore' their towels around as we toured the section filled with storybook things like the pumpkin house from that mother goose rhyme and Pinocchio.


It did warm up enough to get in the water, and the boys had fun doing so. they even got to go on one of the big rides since we were there with our FRG group I volunteered to laze around with everyone's stuff and Jovey while they got in the water, etc.
Jovey is quite good at lazing... and hydrating.









Here's some of the ladies from our group...









Jovey really enjoyed the train ride, look she's racing!

July: Water Country USA

Super fun times to be had at water parks in the middle of summer!








wave pool! always a favorite...









kiddie play area, they could have stayed here all day...









we even took them on a family watertube slide... it was totally fun, and though Carter shook the whole time, he wasn't scared, it was just adrenaline. Does that make him an adrenaline junkie?

fun with goggles!

Odds and Ends

thats right, I can take a good sunset pic every now and then! (Toguchi beach)

excuse me? can I sit there?

dancing with guns?

latest evolution in Coryn's people art... arms and legs and whats that up there? "eyebrows" where did he learn that? "preschool" (I'm purple, Jackson and Coryn are red, Carter is black with "tiny legs")

the new rage in women's summer socks... not fancy hose mind you, socks... they're kind of fanatical about their socks here, you can find toe, yukata, kimono, sandal, summer sandal, ankle strap (as above), toe ankle strap, high heel cushioned ankle strap, high heel cushioned slipper style, and many many other socks. not to mention high heel cushions with an elastic band that has a doodad attached to hide where it hooks onto your toe. amazing!

At the Park

Peek-A-Boo! (Carter)

Not so afraid of the swing, but don't try to push him...

a little help from my friend.

"I'm going to practice my scooter so I can be good at it and then I'll get a skateboard" *gasp with o face*


rooaaaaaar! or... "I'm going to lick you through the floor!"

Spring Break! (pt. 2)

On the 8th we took another tour, this time to the butterfly park and Neo Park which is a research center for international species conservation. I forgot to check the battery on my camera so I didn't get too many shots, but I plan on going back with Jackson sometime. It was rainy this morning as well, but finished by the time we got there.

First stop was the butterfly park. These two pictures sum it up... slight apprehension from Coryn,

grabby grabby from Carter.

Then it was on to Neo Park The first thing you see when you walk in the main entrance is this bird extravaganza, flamingos and whatever else you see in the back there... you can buy food for them, they're very tame, and they scared a little girl who was holding a bag of food but was too scared to give the food to the birds. They have lots of fun animals there, giant Amazon River fish, lemurs, llamas, and a petting zoo comprised mostly of... pets. Dogs, hampsters, rabbits, pigs. But we had to practically run through it because we only got an hour there!

They also have some great plants, a giant tree that looks like a mix between a banana tree and a fan palm from Madagascar called Traveler's Palm but its actually in the same family as Bird of Paradise which explains why the flowers look like a white version of the Bird of Paradise. This blue flower is the one we were supposed to look for at the Botanical Gardens, its a Jade Vine.

A Day at Sunabe Ba-ba Dolphin Park

everyone likes the bubbles

silly faces

he looks a little wary doesn't he... slides scare him a little right now

Carter on the other hand has a great fondness for them.