Stone Mountain

Today we took the kids to Stone Mountain to watch their first Lazer Show.  Neil and I both grew up going to see this show so we were both excited to watch the kids experience it for the first time.  We were going to take a picnic, and we will next time, but we worked in the yard all day and decided to just eat at Zaxby's on our way in.  It worked out great because when we got there we got a special treat. 

We took the opportunity to get lots of pictures with our babies...

When we paid to get in the park they gave us a map and Tyrus saw it a mile away and snagged it.  The kid loves maps.  Here he is studying it and then he asked me to point out everything on the map that he hadn't done before...

This is my attempt at getting a picture with the kids (Fail)...

This one is a little better...

I wanted to get a picture of the kids in front of the mountain.  They were cooperative for about 7 seconds...

When we came to climb the mountain a few months ago we rode the machine that carries you down the mountain.  Mary liked watching them from our blanket...

This is the first time in months that she has let me put her hair in a ponytail...

Tyrus said, "Mommy, did you know that there is something at Stone Mountain.  It starts with a D and is ice cream.  Do you know what it is?"...

Dippen Dots!!

Just relaxing on our blanket...

It was so nice to just lye on our blanket and let the kids dance and play around us...

Mary did a lot of dancing to the music...

And falling...

And snuggling with Daddy...

And we got someone to take our picture!!  Can't remember a picture of the 4 of us in the last year...

This just makes me smile.  For a moment there were no worries.  Just us on a blanket...

Me and my lady...

More dancing as the sun went down...

Tyrus saw the first lazer...

So excited!!...

It was a super late night.  Mary was asleep before we got out of the parking lot...

Party pooper...

I love adventures like this.  Watching the kids experience something for the first time and seeing them have so much fun that they just collapse from exhaustion.  There is still this pain though.  Part of me feels like we should stop making these memories because we can't share them with Mom.  She would have loved hearing this story and looking at the pictures.  I know thats crazy and I know that life goes on.  It is still just really hard that I can't share this memory with her.  However, she wouldn't want that at all.  She would have wanted us to keep going and make sure that the kids have the most fun.  I know she can still see them and experience these memories with them.  I still miss her so much.