Keaton's Cool School

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Photos from New Orleans

After Chicago, Daddy had another trip to New Orleans and here are some more pictures Mama took. They picked me up in Mississippi on their way home :)

An Oyster Bar Named Desire....

Bourbon Street...

Beignets at Cafe Dumonde - covered with a pound of powdered sugar...

The lobby of our hotel "Royal Sonesta"

Central Market - home of the orginal Muffeletta - mmmmmm! They were great!

Crawfish Etoufee -

View of Bourbon Street from a party on a balcony at the Royal Sonesta -

Homes in the Garden District -

Mama and Daddy had dinner with their friends the Garwoods - here is Mama with her friend Tina and daughter Grace :)

Mama and Daddy took a boring trip to Chicago June 14-19 while I was at Kamp Keaton. Mama had fun sightseeing and shopping on the "Magnificent Mile" while Daddy was in his meetings at the Chicago Board of Trade. Here are a few of the pictures Mama took.

The water tower that was left standing after the Chicago Fire...

A visit to Lincoln Park Zoo with Mama's friend Melissa and her two sons Ty and Jared. Here's Mama with Ty and Jared - check out the cool swan boat!!

Views from the Hancock Observatory -

A ride in a water taxi...

Sue! Sue is a 65 million year old T-Rex who lives at the Field Museum in Chicago. Mama brought me a cool "Sue" t-shirt!

Beautiful Lake Michigan

Fireworks and city lights on Navy Pier.

Friday, July 04, 2008

KAMP KEATON!

One of my favorite times of the year is KAMP KEATON!!!! I had a great time with Aunt Courtney, Rachel, John Neil, and Uncle John while Mama and Daddy went on a couple of Daddy's work trips. We did lots of swimming, went to a Japanese restaurant (I yelled, "Let's get this party started!!!," and saw Kung Fu Panda two times! After my time with the Stanbacks, Grandbob and Papa picked me up and I spent several days with them and Grammy and G-Daddy.

Ready to go to Kamp Keaton with Aunt Courtney and cousin Rachel :)

With my G-Daddy and having fun in Grammy's Chicken Condo -

Happy Birthday Daddy

Daddy went spearfishing with his friends at Mexico Beach, Florida and when they got back we had a big fishfry at our house on June 11 - Daddy's birthday! Mama made him a "scuba cake" and only put 4 candles (one for each decade) - she said that was so we wouldn't burn the house down!

YO HO HO It's a pirate's life for me!!!!!!!!!!!! :) (Note the cup on my foot - my pegleg :) I am pretty creative!!! :)

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

More Kamping with Keaton!

This past weekend we went to General Coffee State Park which is near Douglas, GA in Coffee County. It is about an hour from our house, and is a beautiful State Park! There are so many fun places to go camping that are so close to our house, so looks like we'll be able to vacation even with gas prices the way they are! Anyway, we had a beautiful campsite with moss-covered trees and a playground right behind our camper!!! YEA! And I had lots of fun as the "pirate captain" on our canoe ride around the lake. They even had a little farm with lots of animals, and I got to pet a baby goat. They had chickens just like Grammy has in her "Chicken Condo" which I can't wait to see :) We also went on a nature trail and I wanted to find a snake but unfortunately didn't see one. Mama said that was a great Mother's Day present to get to go camping with ME!!!

Ready to go camping again!