The Coolest Park

We had heard about Dan Nicholas Park from a friend and decided to go when we had family in town at the beginning of the month. We had a blast. We were able to use paddle boats, feed ducks, drink Icee's to stay cool, ride a carousel, ride a miniature train, go to a petting zoo (where all the animals were fenced in and you couldn't really pet any of them but whatever), see snakes and baby alligators, go to a mini zoo, pan for gemstones, and Elena got to play in the water area. There are also parts of the park that we didn't even make it over to: a huge playground and a putt-putt golf course. We're excited to go back when the weather cools off a little bit.
Below are some pics from our day -- they should be pretty self explanatory without captions. Btw: All these photos are from my father-in-law's camera, so I don't have any pictures of him. :( The people in the pics besides my parents and Dan's mom is my sister Bethany and my brother Adam.

On the mini train:
Elena has recently become quite a little scaredy cat, so it was a big deal that we talked her into riding on this little horse. (Notice in the pic above that she only went on the carousel because Dan had her on his lap.)

Abuelita's keeping an eye on Kevin. He hung out and slept in the stroller the whole long morning. He's so easy going.