Lazy 5 Ranch

During spring break, my sister and grandmother came down for a visit. While they were here, we decided to take Emma to the Lazy 5 Ranch. I had never been, so I had NO idea what to expect. The only thing I knew was that it was a drive-thru safari type experience. That is an understatement! We bought a bucket of food, which now we know isn't enough, and the animals flocked to the car. They even block the car so that you can't move, then they bombard you to get to the food. I'm so glad they are use to humans because my sister and I (we shared the bucket of food between the two of us) screamed A LOT! Emma and my grandmother just hung out in the backseat, laughing at us both while they had their windows up. That didn't seem quite fair, but oh well. It was still a fun time, and we definitely want to go back.

Scary birds!

Laughing at mommy

This was taken from inside the car

Everybody had a great time! We were so glad that Danielle and Grandma could come visit us. For some reason I took NO pictures of them w/ Emma. Guess I was too busy just enjoying the visit.

Easter

Wilmington Day #2

We took the next day to do a little sight seeing because the weather was questionable, so we drove down to the Oak Island Lighthouse first.

It's a newer lighthouse, so there isn't a light-keeper's house on site.

After visiting the lighthouse, we drove back into Wilmington and stopped at the USS North Carolina battleship. We didn't tour the ship because we knew that Emma wouldn't be interested, but it was neat to see it up close.

Finally we drove to downtown Wilmington and walked around, looking at the old buildings. We were glad that the weather cooperated for the rest of the day.

Emma didn't really care for how windy it was.

It was such a relaxing trip, and we will be so grateful to those who helped make this trip possible.