Auburn A-Day

Last weekend, we went down to Auburn to see A-Day.  We knew the Heisman statue unveiling would be crazy, so we avoided that and came into Auburn about an hour and half before the game, met up with Josh and Nicole, and walked to the stadium.  It was a gorgeous day and the girls and I had fun.

Taylor looking for Aubie.

Cam Newton with Bo Jackson and Pat Sullivan at mid-field pre-game.

The first snap from scrimmage.

Kiehl Frazier breaks one open.  Let's hope we see much more of this in 2012.

A picture of the family.  My hair is wonky, Becca looks amazing, Taylor really doesn't want me to be in the picture, and Avery is looking for Jesus.  That sounds about right for our pictures.

Rylee and Taylor enjoying the free food in the Scholarship section (actually not free; the most expensive food ever consumed :)

Becca and Tay in front of Cam's statue.

Ring around the Rosies once the good guys had the game in the bag.

Becca and Avery played patty cake.

Ours is the one squeezing the bejesus out of the other kid.

Atlanta

It's rare that I have the opportunity to take the family with me on a work trip, so when we get the chance, we take it.  We went over to Atlanta at the end of March and came back on April 1.  We took the girls to the Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Atlanta Zoo, and IKEA (ok, so they didn't want to go to the last one).  Here are some pictures from the trip: 

I know what you are thinking, how did you get two girls in one picture?  It's my mad photo skills.  Do you love how neither one are in focus and Avery is looking at the camera with the thought of a Native American "You just stole my soul with your picture taking"?

First up, the Atlanta Botanical Gardens

Next up, Avery decided to be cool and let me take some pictures of her.

Then we went to the aquarium which was RIDICULOUSLY packed.  Go during a weekday.  You'll thank me later.  We did see some pretty amazing stuff though.  

Yes, she is waving at the fish.

No, this isn't one of those optical allusions.  The fish is really that big in proportion to me and Taylor.

We walked over to a cool Children's museum from the aquarium.  It's called ImagineIt.  Taylor had a blast.

Finally, we went to the zoo.  Besides the occasional animal mating, it was pretty amazing.  Taylor had fun while Avery enjoyed being pushed around in the stroller (read, being held everywhere we went).

This is what happens when you focus on the background and not the foreground.  It does allow you to check out how the lion behind us is sleeping.

Yes, she is staring at a baboon's butt.

Atlanta, I learned, is one of only 5 U.S. locations to have pandas.  They are on loan from the Chinese government.

When you see kangaroos, you expect hopping.  Of about 10 kangaroos at the zoo, exactly zero were hopping.

That was it.  We grabbed some sodas and hit the road.  A pretty great long weekend if you ask me.