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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

To the Zoo with Friends



This past weekend, our really good friends, Tim and Kari, from out of town came. They have three kids too and our kids got along great. Tim had a meeting on Saturday, so Matt, Kari and I took all the kids to the local zoo. I took a few pictures...okay, a lot of pictures! Here are some of them.
Matt and Josh getting a close look at some amphibian
Brock gettin g alook at the Meercats

The zoo has a small merry-go-round. Here is Kari with two of her kiddos.


Darci on her rabbit.



Josh excited for the ride to start.




Aria thought the whole thing was so fascinating. She just jabbered and jabbered...

...and jabbered some more

Ashlyn getting a look at the petting zoo animals
One of the petting zoo animals


Kasey getting close


Aria and the goat were having their own little chat

Darci getting brave...

...or maybe not
Aria thought this goat was hillarious
Watching the reindeer
Josh was excited that we were finally close to the river otters and sea lions
There was more than one line at the zoo...this one was for the "This is the way the Cowboy rides" Ride. Kari and her kids watched the sea lions eat and we waited nearby (our kids didn't like the sounds the sea lions were making). Matt gave ride after ride

"This is the way the Lady rides..."



Josh waiting for the next exhibit

In the rainforest exhibit, the birds are very close and this one was particularly fascinating to my kids.

Josh and Daddy watching the tigers

2 comments:

Heidi said...

I am glad you guys could get to gether with Tim and Kary. How fun to go to the zoo. I love all the pictures...the one of Josh waiting by the brick wall is so cute of him!

Marie Stork said...

What a perfect day for a visit to the zoo. We are going to St. Louis Zoo over Memorial Day. The kids can't wait. Hope you didn't mind me playing with Aria during Sunday afternoon church. She is so cute!!