Back to the Botanical Garden

OK, so in case you haven't noticed, I am a bit behind on my blog. Just being consistent with other areas of my life, in case you were wondering. So in the spirit of catching up, I thought I'd post about something that happened in December. Journey back with me, if you will ...

Last fall (or thereabouts), our friends Steve and Holly were so sweet to send us passes to the Atlanta Botanical Garden. They were getting ready to have a baby and wouldn't be able to use them before they expired on December 31. I thought it would be nice for us to go as a family, so we were planning on a weekend visit. With Tanna's work schedule (he sometimes has to work on the weekend, you know) and our travel schedule and everything else, it was kind of hard to nail down a date. We decided on a Saturday in December when the botanical garden would have its Christmas festivities going on. We were looking forward to it, and were even planning on meeting some friends there.

Then, the day before we were set to go, tragedy struck. It was so sad--there was an accident which involved the collapse of a pedestrian bridge that was under construction. One person was killed, and several more were injured. Our hearts go out to all of those who were affected. The botanical garden was understandably closed the entire weekend.

Seeing as we were running out of weekends to go, we ended up visiting the garden the last Saturday of the year. Tanna actually had to work that day, but he got home in the afternoon in time for us to make it. I think Kate skipped her nap that day. The weather was mild, and we had a nice time enjoying the garden. The holiday train was still running, too, and I was excited for Kate to get to ride it.

Thank you, Steve and Holly for a fun time. Next time, we'll have to all go together!

Here are some photos from our afternoon:


First up ... the holiday train!


And we're off ...


Wheeeeeee! Fun!


There she goes ...


You talkin' to me?


Pretty poinsettias


Too many things to look at (at which to look)


We saw our froggie friends.


On to the children's section!


Tall girl


I am a sucker for these cut-out photo things.


Before we went home, we hit IKEA. We got Kate a little table ... and a few other goodies. This may have been her first IKEA visit, though I am not sure about that.