Wednesday

Owen feeding the giraffe!

Owen and his new friend Dustin

Us by the big turtle!

Five of the seven kids from our group

Ava saying cheese for me while playing in the water!

Owen playing in the water with his tractor

One last picture before we left!

Our neighbors Kristin, Alana, Kailey and Owen, Ava and I packed into our van Wednesday morning and drove to the Zoo! I of course made Kristin drive our van because we had to drive through the cities and I don't do that. We saw a bad 4 car accident on the way that had just happened the cops weren't even on the scene yet. Thanks to God we made our trip safely! We met Kristin's sister-in-law and three of her four kids at the zoo.

I'm not going to lie it was a hot day, but we survived. We did a lot of walking, Ava too! She did not enjoy being in the stroller so I let her walk most of the time. I don't blame her when she was in her stroller she couldn't see the animals. I was really impressed with all the things the zoo had to offer. I have not been to that zoo since I was in about first grade so it was all new to me. I definitely want to take the kids again some time soon with Luke. Luke hasn't been there since first grade either and was bummed that he had to miss it.

Any way some note worthy events from our trip... Owen got to feed a giraffe. We saw a lot of monkeys which are a favorite in our house. Owen made a new friend Dustin (Dustin is Kristin's nephew) who is going into first grade. Ava was happiest when she could run around with the big kids. I only lost Owen once. We got to see lots of interesting animals. We had a blast spending time with our big group.

All the kids fell asleep on the way home which made for a very peaceful ride. We saw another accident, not as bad as the first one we saw. Luke had dinner ready for all of us when we got home. After we ate the kids played in the pool while Kristin and I told Luke about our adventure. We said our good-byes to Kristin, Alana, and Kailey and went in to take our baths and go to bed early. Both kids fell asleep with out a peep instantly! I was exhausted myself so I went to bed at 8:30.

It was a great day! Fun had by all!