We took a road trip this week to Anniston. Kevin had a job nearby, so we loaded up the RV and made an adventure of it. We visited the Anniston Museum of Natural History and it was AMAZING! The last time I visited was pre-children, so it was a lot of fun to experience it through the eyes of my kids. Their favorite was the African Exhibit. It was really good--there were tons of real animals (dead, of course) in very natural settings. KK was SO excited to see a real cheetah--we had to visit it several times before we left. The Reptile Exhibit was also really good. We even had a close encounter with some alligators that attacked the glass when my kids walked up...it was a bit scary, but also hilarious because they kept trying to attack them over and over again! After the museum, we rode by the cemetery where my grandparents and great-grandparents are buried and took some pictures. I had the unusual opportunity of knowing my great-grandparents through my entire childhood and part of my adulthood. They were precious Godly people that were really special. I miss my grandmother most of all...she would have loved my kids. She only met KK when he was a few weeks old...she was at the hospital with health problems and got to hold him for a few minutes. She passed away a few weeks after that and I'm so sad she never got to know them. But, what a blessing to know we will see her again one day! And I also wonder if there are windows in heaven...if so, she's smiling down on us and watching my children grow.
These Alligators were trying to attack!
JC sitting atop a real tortoise shell
The Egyptian Exhibit
KK is one happy camper seeing a cheetah!
Leopard
This hyena was huge...the picture doesn't do it justice! I had no idea they were so big!
Ha ha! One of our favorites--the naked mole rat! :)
This elephant was really cool. There was an arrow in the display that was shot by tribesman in an attempt to kill the elephant for its ivory. It didn't kill the elephant but made it really sick and somehow the museum got ahold of the elephant and was able to put it to rest & preserve it for the museum!
Another trip back to see the cheetah AGAIN
Really cool display showing how venom comes out of fangs
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huge lizard (monitor)
These Alligators were trying to attack!
JC sitting atop a real tortoise shell
The Egyptian Exhibit
KK is one happy camper seeing a cheetah!
Leopard
This hyena was huge...the picture doesn't do it justice! I had no idea they were so big!
Ha ha! One of our favorites--the naked mole rat! :)
This elephant was really cool. There was an arrow in the display that was shot by tribesman in an attempt to kill the elephant for its ivory. It didn't kill the elephant but made it really sick and somehow the museum got ahold of the elephant and was able to put it to rest & preserve it for the museum!
Another trip back to see the cheetah AGAIN
Really cool display showing how venom comes out of fangs
huge lizard (monitor)
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