Sunny Days!

You would think that in Florida the sun is always shining. That hasn't been the case for a lot of the summer. We had a stretch of weeks where it rained at least once a day and then when Hurricane Faye came through it rained even harder, and the wind blew a little too. Funny thing is that Hannah and Ike, which both passed us by, brought great weather to the state of Florida- well, Jacksonville at least. And so we have been out taking in the sun.

Savannah, an amphibian of sorts, keeps us at the pool whenever possible. She is catching on to the whole swimming thing as you can see here, her swimming all by herself (We'll have to zoom in a little closer next time):

You can't tell by his face, but Jack sort of likes to swim too.

Especially when Savannah helps him stay afloat.

Brittany found out about a Reading Day for kids or some thing at the downtown library. They had all kinds of activities and food and SWAG- the best thing for me was that it was -Free.

They also had face-painting which Savannah really liked. She told the lady that she wanted to be a tiger. She had a blast scaring dad when she got home (dad wasn't able to be there).

And speaking of tigers, well actually a lion. The reason dad was not at the thing at the library is because on some Saturdays he volunteers at a Wildlife Preserve where they have several, very large cats- tigers, lions, cougars, jaguars, and a lynx. I pick up poop, shovel dirt, and clean water tubs. Pretty much my childhood dream. Here I am holding their newest arrival Sarabi. And yes, that is sweat.