Stone Mountain Park

Today Brad, Chloe, and I spent the day at Stone Mountain Park with the family and had so much fun riding the train, visiting all the shops, seeing a 4D theater, and shooting foam balls at each other in the kids' barn. The kids barn really was a huge barn that was turned into a massive play area that was 4 stories tall. It was definitely geared towards adult's enjoyment as well as for children. High pressured air guns that shot foam balls? Yes, please. They had two slides that you could ride all the way down from the 4th floor and was even open for adults. Needless to say, I had to try it but was not expecting it to be so violent. Since it was built for kids, I was much to big and had to lean way back to fit my head in. I also did not soar through the turns, but instead hit each of them like a wall. It felt a little like being in a pin ball machine. Also needless to say, I had to ride it three more times.

Other Chattanooga pics

Here are some more pictures of the places we got to see. The buildings with the glass triangle roofs belong to the Chattanooga Aquarium and the bridge is the one across the river that we got to walk across (to get to Cheeburger). The other picture is of the Chattanooga Choo Choo, the hotel we got to stay at.

Chattanooga

This week Brad's parents took all their kids (and families) to Chattanooga for a couple days for some fun. We all drove up together yesterday and spent the night at the Chattanooga Choo Choo, which is the city's old train station. We had dinner at a super cute 50's diner called Cheeburger where we got to "design" our own dream burger and Chloe's kid's meal came in a cardboard Cadillac. Talk about awesome. Today we had a blast at the Chattanooga Aquarium and saw an IMAX movie in 3-D about orangutans and elephants in the wild. Chloe was not a fan of the imax theater from the time we stepped in it (something about a big dark room) so she and I spent the time running around outside the theater.

Today Chloe had some very proud firsts: she got to pet her first sting ray as well as her first snake. The snake was an albino king snake who was very friendly but Chloe and I were the only ones who wanted to pet it. Chloe even got a sticker for her bravery. That's my girl.

The drive home was nice and Chloe slept most of the way. This evening we spending it at Brad's parent's house so tomorrow morning we can have a big family Christmas with presents and food before everyone disperses to do their individual Christmas plans next week.

Random pictures

Our cute little Chloe.

Chloe and the Christmas Tree

Last night I had a little fun with Chloe and the Christmas tree. She was very cute and loved posing for the camera.

Christmas Pizza

Today Chloe and I decided to make Christmas-themed pizza for lunch. Chloe even helped me cut out the shapes. It was fun and delicious.

Chloe and Santa

Last night was our ward Christmas Party and it was so much fun with lots of good food, friends, and...Santa! We thought Chloe would be a lot happier about sitting on Santa's lap this year than last year; however, she was equally as traumatized as her previous experience. Afterwards, Santa gave her a goodie bag of toys for being such a brave girl. The second picture here is of Cheri and I. Cheri is my friend from California who has been living with Brad's parents while completing an nutritionalist internship here in Georgia.

Ralphie

Ralphie relaxing on the couch. He's the man.

Our Christmas Tree!

Last night we put up our Christmas tree and it's beautiful! I am so excited that the Christmas season is here! The first picture here is of Chloe wearing the wolf slippers that were Brad's as a little kid. So cute!

Salt Lake Airport

While waiting for our flight back to Atlanta, Chloe and I hung out in the kids' play area which was quite the life saver in keeping Chloe busy and happy. I wish other airports had these (so far I have not been able to find one).