Jason tries to take out his older siblings

You have to look carefully at these pictures. You can pretty well see Jason standing behind the fence at the bottom of the tree. In the tree, very near the top is Jonathan. You might be able to see the pink in the tree, which is Rachel. Now, look in Jason's hands. He has a saw. He was actually sawing the tree while they were up there. We might need to take out the Gerber Life Insurance on our children.

The Zoo

So, Friday it was 79 degrees outside, but today it was 45! We spent mucho bucks to buy sweatshirts for the kids and David. It was Wake Up at the Zoo. That means we got to freeze an hour earlier than everybody else. We got fed cinnamon rolls, bananas, juice and water.

The elephants actually hung out next to the fences so we could really see them.

The favorite part of the visit was the playground. They have a playground area that is supposed to make you love the pests that eat and destroy your garden. The kids love it.

We left quickly when it started to hail and rain on us. We did have a good time.

This is Jason with his action figures. He loves what we have dubbed the "Japan Man" that his Aunt Christie got from Japan.

This is a picture of Jonathan at his Blue and Gold banquet at Super King Buffet. I feel like I am back in Alabama where the people love the bland, everything tastes the same buffets. Why on earth would you hold an award ceremony for Boy Scouts at a Chinese buffet? Anyway, he is a Tiger Cub within the Boy Scouts. This is pre-Cub Scouts.

Then, of course, we have Rachel and Grammy Patterson at the buffet waiting for the troop leader to quit telling us what each of the Chinese Zodiac signs mean. That took 20 minutes for him to relate. We have a dragon, snake, rooster, boar, and a dog.

Daniel is keeping with the family tradition of playing with the Sweet 'n' Low at a restaurant, correction, a Chinese buffet.