Hanging out with the fishes...

On Becky’s list of things to do while we’re in Georgia has been to visit the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.  Since I’ve gotten a lot of grief for dragging her to this wonderful place for six months, I figured I’d better try to make up for it and actually make the drive up there.  We weren’t disappointed, and it was definitely worth the four hour drive, even with two very active, very noisy boys in the back seat.  The aquarium advertises that it’s the largest in the world and the only one to have live whale sharks.    Apparently, one of the founders of Home Depot likes fish, because he dropped a quarter of a billion dollars into this facility, and it definitely shows.  Some of the sites inside are absolutely incredible, including the main exhibit which features a fish tank with 50 plus species, four whale sharks over 20 feet long, and giant Manta Rays.  The boys loved it, obviously, and I have to say I was pretty impressed.  Here are some photos from the day.

They definitely came up with a lot of creative ways to make an aquarium.  In different places you could climb into glass bubbles to be surrounded by fish or look up as they swam in the ceiling.

In a couple places you could put your hands in the water with the sharks and rays and try not to lose a finger!

We loved the glass tunnel that passed through the main tank.  It was pretty amazing to look up and see the massive fish swimming over your head.

Here's the main exhibit.  You can see Becky and the boys at the bottom looking very small next to the 60 foot wall that seemed more like a theater screen playing the Discovery Channel than real life.

 Nolan was happy.  But then, he's almost always happy.

They had a fun dolphin show too, with a bunch of dolphins doing what dolphins do I guess, jumping pretty high out of the water and doing tricks.  

Afterward we went across the street to the Centennial Olympic Park where they had a bunch of stuff that was built for the 1996 Summer Olympics.  Paul, being Paul, couldn't resist the water fountain.

So there you go, now she can check it off her list of things to do in Georgia.  Great time had by all!

A New Day, a New Year!

Happy New Year 2013! Another year is over, and here we go again.  2012 saw a lot of changes for us, as we started off in snowy Herriman, UT, and here we are now in sunny Brunswick, GA.  Last year brought us new jobs, new states, and another new boy.  So what will this year hold for us?  Either way, we’ve moved across the country in three of the last four years, and 2013 already doesn’t look to be any different.  As of today, we’re about 75 days away from Texas, and our fourth cross-country trip.  Thankfully, the drive won’t be nearly as long this next time.  We’re hopeful that 2014 will be a same-state all year kind of year, but we’ve yet to see what 2013 will bring.  Exciting things are ahead and we’ve got a lot of goals we want to accomplish this year.  Becky’s hoping to get the boys that dog she’s been nagging me for in the last six years, and I’m just hoping to live in a place that has a yard.  We’re getting there, and we’re confident this is the year!  So here’s looking ahead, to a new year, and new adventures for the Sellers Boys!  Here they are, at the beginning of it:

We spent a day down in Jacksonville, again.  Took a walk along the south bank of the river just like we always used to and the weather was perfect for it.  It's really been great being able to go back to Florida, but we're excited about what's to come this year.  Hope everyone else out there had a happy New Year, and we hope to see you all sometime this year!

Christmas Boys!

The year is coming to an end, and already… it’s Christmas time!  Gotta love it, because it’s the most wonderful time of the year!  There aren’t any snowflakes falling in Southeast Georgia though, so it doesn’t really feel like winter here.  And where we’re going, it probably won’t feel much like winter next year either.  That’s what happens when you abandon your families and move to the south.  But we’re sending you all this very merry blog post and hoping all of your Christmas holidays are merry and bright!

 Definitely a kid on the wrong side of Santa's list.

Wish we could see you all this holiday season, but here we are wishing you a very Merry Christmas and onward to 2013!

Family Photo Update

My mother requested that we send her some recent family photos, since it has been quite a while, and we are a larger family now than we were before.  So we went out and found a nice place by the water and took some photos with a make-shift tripod (a baby stroller) to balance the camera on.  Here we are... as the Georgia Sellers, I guess.

Oh, unreal Christmas Tree!

Every year, Becky tries to convince me to buy a real Christmas tree from one of those Christmas tree sales places in the Walmart parking lot.  Unfortunately, this year it wasn’t going to work out and it would have been more of a hassle than it was worth.  All of our Christmas decorations and ornaments and the like are in boxes in Texas.  We are still in Georgia.  So we stole an idea from our neighbor friends and made the boys a felt tree.  Overall it was a fun thing to do, and it turned out pretty nice.
    

 We even strung the lights around it! Except they fell off after a few days...

 The smallest elf...

Nolan's first Christmas is already coming up on us fast!  Too bad he'll never remember it, though I'm sure he'll have a good time.

A sunny winter...

A couple of weeks ago we went out to St. Simon’s Island… again.  There are really not that many places to go around here, so we tend to go there often.  It definitely doesn’t feel like winter here, that’s for sure.  Sunshine and warm weather do not equal December where I come from anyway.  We took a few photos of the boys out on the island, because that’s also what we do.  Here they are.

The always "up to no good" Sellers boy.

 The boys and their mom.

Hanging out on the rocks.  This was as close to the ocean as Adam would let us get.  He's not a fan of the waves.  Not sure how that's going to play out growing up in Corpus Christi, but he does hate having to wear pants, so that will be one good thing about Texas.

 Just hanging out in the sunlight with Nolan.

 The youngest... but getting bigger everyday.

 Took shelter from the unusually warm, winter sun in this gazebo.

 Super Baby!  Here to save the day! Or just sleep through most of it.