Zoo

Thanks to my mother, we got a yearly zoo pass to Hogle Zoo this year. We LOVE the zoo! It's one of our favorite places. To test out the new pass, we gathered up Teri and the girls (Ryann, Laine and Sydney) and headed to the zoo on Friday the 18th! Something was going on that day where they were kicking off a children's race or something, so the lines were horrendously long. . . however, having a pass, we were able to go right to the gate and get in since we didn't have to stand in line to buy tickets. YEAH!!!

We all had a great time at the zoo, especially Ryann and Laine. They're both old enough now that they love the zoo and ooh and awed over all the animals. Ryann spend most of the day riding on Jon's shoulders. The greatest part was when we were watching the a new baby orangutan named Acara. It was sliding down the hill on it's belly, playing with it's blanket, and doing somersaults. Ryann was sitting on Jon's shoulders, bouncing up and down and slapping both of his cheeks saying, "Come here monkey, come here!" It was really cute!

As you can see, we didn't get many pictures except by the Giraffes. :) All in all, it was a great day! The weather was beautiful, the kids had a great time and it was fun to spend such a great day with family. We're so excited to have a pass where we can go so many times this year.