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Sunday, January 31, 2016

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Random January Pictures

Here are the random extra pictures from January that didn't make it into other posts.


Cheyenne wanted me to take her picture with the flower in her hair!


The pretty flowers I got for my birthday.


Shelby was pouty while waiting for American Heritage Girls to start one evening.


Cheyenne lost tooth number two!


Cheyenne working on a bracelet - and peering at me through the hole.


Clayton enjoyed writing this out in pretzels. I don't remember why he was saying thank you. 

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Friday, January 29, 2016

A few extra random pictures from the aquarium.


This was on the brick wall near the parking lot. I thought it looked neat!


While eating lunch in the parking lot, we watched these people climbing the wall across the street. It was so cool to see them climbing on the outside of the building! 


One of the pretty flowers outside the butterfly house.


Another pretty flower (sorry, I've got no clue what they are actually called).


These glass "jellyfish" were on display near the jellies. I thought they were beautiful!


When leaving the aquarium for the day, I noticed a tree casting a shadow on this wall. 


A puddle in the parking lot. 

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This post is all about the animals!


First stop was the seahorses! They were so cute and their displays so colorful! 


I loved these things too! I'm not sure what they were called, and the giant sea star is beautiful as well.


A little bitty miniature seahorse. Can you tell how small it is by the picture? 


My kids loved the giant otters at the zoo. They were glad to be able to see some at the aquarium as well!


This fish tank amused me. I didn't get the waterfall and current in the picture, but these fish are all pointing toward the current and were huddled in a big group. It was fascinating to watch!


Three alligators lounging on a log.


This one got into the water and kept eyeing me with my camera. 


I thought this fish tank was pretty.


This eel is so creepy looking! He kept discharging electricity, so we heard it over the speakers. 


Beautiful birds - we tried to get them to talk, but I don't think they said anything to us.


The butterfly house was interesting too. We saw many beautiful butterflies!


This one's wings were translucent!


I loved the brown eyes on this one...



...but even more striking was the brilliant purple inside!



The penguins were funny to watch. They walk around like this to cool themselves off!


This penguin swam right up to the window and hung out for a while!


A giant sting ray swam right up against a tank. I love the way their underside looks!


I sped my shutter speed up a lot to get more detail on these jelly fish!


I loved this tank as it was one of the most colorful!

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We were given a gift membership to the Tennessee Aquarium for Christmas. The kids couldn't wait to go for our first trip, so we planned to go with Bethany and family the end of January. Jon and Adrian took off and came with us as well! I took so many pictures that I'm splitting it up into three posts. This first one is all pictures with the kids in them.


As soon as we arrived we set up with a picnic in the parking lot. We parked across the street from the Aquarium and didn't want to tote all our food over there and then back to the car. So we just plopped down on the ground. Bethany told me to get a quick picture of the scene!


Mercy being silly in the parking lot.


Before we went in we wanted to get a picture of all the kids by the sign. The sun was shining in their eyes, so we tried to be quick!


Adrian and Jon took everyone except Patrick up on the bridge. Bethany and I stayed below to take pictures.


Cheyenne climbing on one of the neat rocks in front of the aquarium.


The kiddos heading up the big escalator in the River Journey building. This is one of the few things I distinctly remembered about coming as a kid.


Looking out at the walking bridge before heading into the exhibits.


The kids looking into the first big tank we came to. 


The kids loved being able to touch some of the animals. Here they are petting a sturgeon. I didn't get many pictures of this because I had to touch one too!


A Bethany photo bomb!


We got to see a baby alligator snapping turtle up close. Paige wasn't too sure about it.


I was walking a few feet behind several of the kids when I walked into this room and saw Sophia and Shelby hiding behind the giant turtle shell.


In the main room with the winding walkway and big tanks, we had the chance to see a scuba diver feeding some of the fish. Some of his family was there and had a white board to write questions to ask him and our kids joined in. They enjoyed "talking" to him and watching the fish eat.


Over to the Ocean Journey building, and there was another tank to pet animals. This time the kids got to pet a sting ray!


Near the penguin exhibit: can you tell the kids were getting tired?


Sophia and Keira holding butterflies in the little butterfly house they have.


Even Mercy wanted to hold one!


The jellyfish were so neat! I only got a few pictures because my battery was dying. Here's Cheyenne peering into one of the tanks.


Bethany took a family picture of us by the one of the tanks.


After leaving the aquarium, we spotted this brick couch and I had to make my kids take a picture. Clayton wasn't really as upset about it as he looks.

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We're the Presley family. Jon and I met and got married in 2004. The circumstances behind all that were not the best, but God has truly turned our many mistakes into good! Only by His grace and mercy are we where we are today. We have four wonderfully crazy kids that are between four and eight years old. Jon is an HVAC technician and I stay at home to attempt to teach and train our kids in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. It's a challenging job, and one I fail at constantly. But God does and will continue to sustain and uphold me and give me grace to do this amazing task he's called me to do. ~For nothing is impossible with God! Luke 1:37
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