The Zoo

I took the kids to the zoo yesterday.  (Bryan was working, so he didn't go with us)  I haven't been to the zoo in FOREVER!  As we were pulling up, it felt like I was going to Disney World or something.  The kids and I were so excited.  We purchased a membership and headed in for the day's adventure.  

We didn't see everything.  We plan on going back a lot, so we just focused on a few areas.  I promised Faith we would go see the lions first.  It took us a while to find them, and we saw a bunch of stuff on the way, but we finally reached our destination.  They were sleeping, of course.  Here is a picture of them enjoying the afternoon sun. 

On the way to the lions we saw these bats.  They were the coolest bats I have ever seen.  They are the largest bat in the world (if I'm remembering right) and have a wingspan of 6 ft.  We were watching one groom himself, stretch, and just be busy.  I thought he was going to bust through his wing, it is so thin.

We went to the polar bear exhibit, which is a new exhibit.  This guy looked like he was playing the guitar.  He was a crack up, so full of personality!
 

We went to the underground viewing there.  They had glass that went up over your head so you could look up and see water right above you.  Because you can't see the water, it looks like the fish are flying!  Such a neat effect.

We are getting ready to move on to the next area.

We headed to one of our favorite areas last.  We love the aquarium.  I could spend hours just watching the fish.  It was neat to see how excited David was! 
 

This guy came up and started eating the lettuce right in front of us at the manatee's exhibit.  My older girls thought that was so cool. 

Here the kids are right before we left.  We had such a good time!  I really wish Bryan had been able to go with us.  He loves the zoo too.



I wanted to add one more thing to my previous post's list of things to help me be successful.  It won't always be possible, but most of the time I would like to work hard during the week so I can spend Saturday playing with my kids!  That means house work, school work, everything.  My date night with Bryan is Saturday night as well, so that gives me Friday night to push hard!  That's my goal.  I worked really hard last week, and spent a lot of time Friday night doing homework, so I spent Saturday with my family.  It was so wonderful and refreshing.  Sundays always recharge me spiritually, so by Monday morning I'm going to be ready to hit it hard again.

I need to get my kids ready for church. (we have church at 1:00pm this year) It is fast and testimony Sunday, one of my favorites!  Charity always shares her testimony every month.  I am always in awe as I listen to her talk.  I'm excited. 

Kid Moment for the Day:

A little while ago David was eating breakfast and talking with me.  I can't remember what about exactly, but I think he was telling me about monsters or something, and maybe a dream he had.  He said the cutest thing during that conversation.  He said, "I shoot bad guys.  I'm a saver.  I'm a bad guy to bad guys!" (said with emphasis)

Man, I love him! 

Have a great Sunday!