Zoo

We try to go to the zoo once a year... I don't think we made it last year, but we've gone the previous years... even taken neices and nephews before we had kids.  Luckily we always have family willing to go too.  This year we got to go with my parents, Nella, McKay's family and some of John and Diane's kids.  It was fun!  I didn't know that there was a baby elephant this year or that the zoo had purchased a polar bear and otters since we last went... or that they had gotten rid of their penguins.  Hmm... things that you don't know til you get there.  Evelyn kept patting and hugging the glass and she positively squealed when she saw the elephants.  We did have one scare.  As we walked around we stopped to make sure that everyone had been drinking water out in the hot sun and after making sure the other 6 kids were there... we couldn't find Anya.  She had kept walking when we'd stopped.  She told me that she wanted to see the tigers after we found her.  The really neat thing is that while Jer went one way, I went the other, (the other kids stayed with my parents) and when I got to where the path splits I felt that I needed to take a certain one... I did, and at the top of the hill she was there looking at the tigers.  (A lady was trying to help her see them... I don't know how she didn't notice that she didn't have a parent/adult with her.)  I feel so blessed to have the Holy Ghost in my life to help at times like this. 

Hoola hoop contest

Caught in an eagle's nest.

This polar bear was giving quite a show... it swam back and forth forever giving kids kisses and fives on the glass.