Monthly Archives: July 2009

Great Wolf Lodge • 2009

Wow. It’s been awhile. I promise we’re all still here and doing well! We’ve been doing a lot around home (crown molding updates to follow), a lot of nothing (summer break is drawing to a close), and a trip! My parents (thank you thank you thank you thank you!) bought us a 3 day, 2...

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Alex - Oh wow, that looks like so much fun. I can’t believe James went down that big slide! I am impressed!July 29, 2009 – 7:21 pm

deidre - thanks for the review. I have been wondering what it was like and if it would be a fun weekend. Great pictures as always. You are a great photographer!July 29, 2009 – 8:16 pm

Michele - So glad to see this review. I’ve been wondering about this place. It looks like my boys would really love it, too, although I’d run into the same problem as you: lugging around a camera, my lenses, and my baby girl. ;-) You got some great shots in spite of it all.July 29, 2009 – 10:44 pm

Jennifer - Thanks for the comments! Another adult would have been perfect. I really wanted to get down lower with the camera, closer to the water for some better angles, but with the little guy in the mei tai in front (in street clothes and a non-swim diaper!) I really couldn’t do it and be sure that I wasn’t going to dunk the equipment or the baby or both!July 30, 2009 – 12:48 am

jennifer wilcoxson - great. Mom and dad went there for a conference this year and dad loved the waterpark. he played as much as he could, but mom did not like the bleach smell and so she did not play. I think that we will go when the “safari” gets older and we will make sure that we have a higher adult/child ratio. Thank you for the review and I am glad that you had such a great time. Did you get to enjoy the water?July 31, 2009 – 9:30 pm

Jennifer - Jennifer: I did not enjoy it other than what you can do with the little ones around. It would have been nice to sneak down after their bedtime and ride the adult intertube slides and lazy river but we went to bed at their bedtime (8 pm) both nights.August 2, 2009 – 5:42 pm

SummerFest '09

This year, I had help (THANK YOU, Grandma and Grandpa!). This year, I was not pregnant (hurray!). This year, we did not get a flat tire. This year was fun! Here are a few pictures from SummerFest, a street festival put on by our church to round up a week of Backyard Bible Club days....

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two cute boys

I don’t think I even need to say more. I love my husband more than words can describe and our youngest son is growing up so quickly. I just love that picture and wanted to share because time is flying by and I need to remember moments like this one.

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Step 3.

The wires are through the wall and hooked up and the crown molding arrived yesterday in three boxes. We’re spending time after the boys go to bed painting and installing it since we don’t have to nail anything with this stuff. I grabbed the paint tray after David poured most of the paint back in...

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Fourth of July, revisited

You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You...

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Travis - Hello from Georgia! I’m glad to see you were all able to have some fireworks this year considering the drought and heat in Texas. I wasn’t able to get out to any big shows around Atlanta this time around, but I’ll plan ahead for next year. Drop me a line when you get a chance as I’d love to hear from you guys!

Travis Hilliard
Currently living in: Stockbridge, GAJuly 17, 2009 – 12:50 pm