This past weekend was jam packed with fun stuff.  It all started on Friday, when I went on a field-trip with Lily's class to Oatland Island.  It is a wildlife preserve with mostly animals that are indigenous to Georgia, like Alligators, armadillos, and some pretty awesome wolves.  (The wolves were huge and so close to us!)   There was even a goat at the petting zoo named Lily – he he!   I had so much fun with Lily, and she held my hand the whole time, because she was so excited I was there.  I love mom moments like that :).

While Lily and I were out in the cold on the field-trip, Derek and Kevin were also braving the cold, but for a golf tournament that Kevin put together for his Battalion.  (Hey, if you want to get off work to play golf, plan a tournament so everyone can, right?)  Derek loves being out on the course with Kevin, and this time he even got to be free of the stroller and ride in a cart.  Oh, and Kevin got the longest drive, closest to the pin, and his team won – pretty awesome :).

That night we had the Colvers over for games, and Victoria and I destroyed the boys so badly in pinochle, they might not let us play again for a while – he he!  The next day the kids had swimming, and not only did Derek go all the way under the water, but Lily swam the entire length of the pool on her back!  Such a breakthrough!

After swimming, we were off to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey's Circus!!  Kevin had come home earlier and the week and suggested we go, and I am so glad we did.  It was fantastic!  Elephants, tigers, clowns, acrobats, and these amazing motorcycle tricks that had me thinking that someone might actually get killed right before my eyes – they were that scary!  The kids loved it, and were covered in stickiness from eating cotton candy.  And Lily laughed so hard at the clowns, that alone would have made it totally worth it.  Plus, it was Kevin's first circus, and hey, everyone needs to go to the circus sometime :).

What a great weekend, and now it is back to reality.