Jacks in Jax

Rick calls me Jacks, hence the heading of the blog post. Pretty creative nickname. We had a mini family reunion of the Parrish's, Rysaks and Guerreras in Jacksonville over the spring break. Even Rick's Dad took a Southwest flight down to join us. We did the zoo, beach, adventure island and St. John's Towncenter for shopping!

The fun started with a twilight easter egg hunt. Poor Adeline almost got the poopie prize that night. She was reaching for a nice doggie "present" when Aunt Emmy jumped over and stopped the travesty.

At Adventure Island you could feed the gators. So, we paid the $2 and got some Canine Carryout Dog Treats and put them on a bobby pin to feed them. Angela(my niece) here with Emma, wanted to " make them work for it!" So she kept yanking the treat up at the last minute. She had a small swarm of gators slowly circling ready for when the pole would drop down next.

I can truly say in my eventful life so far, I have never ridden in a Go-Cart. After a day at the beach, we all rode the carts. I was the picture taker this time around, next trip I would end up rippin the track up. Plus the girls in front of me, got kicked out for having a driver under 16 going nutso all over the track and hitting us. They do that one more time and I'm puttin them into the wall. This is Rick and Reece and hot on their heels is Bethany(my other niece) and Cathy.

Poor Reece kept vibrating down into his seat, so he couldn't see, so every few laps Rick had to jack him back up to be visible.

The floral fountain garden near the river's edge in the zoo

This is Emma's favorite place in the zoo. The Lorakeet feeding area. You buy sweetened water for them and then enter this caged area with tons of Lorakeets dive bombing your head. They land on your arm and lick the nectar.

The kid playarea with a giant spiderweb. This is a vertical hanging web that Reece loved to scale

A pretty zebra with soft ears

A nice picture of Bethany, Angela, Reece and Emma.